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The problem with that is that hotel booking for August has been open for 8 months already, so blocking off enough rooms for the hotel sale for August (or any other time this year) would be very difficult at this point.
Still too early to tell. No one is saying that heat and humidity stops COVID completely, the hypothesis is that it’s a factor in slowing the spread.
Disney seems to think we’ll be back in movie theaters then — Mulan’s been rescheduled for July 24.
Speaking of cash, how likely is the scenario where they cancel, refund all badges because they need to increment the cost of the badges for 2021? even a few extra dollars could make a diference to them cuz being nonprofit right?
From my point of view, CCI handled the cancellation of WonderCon very well. I got a no-hassle refund for the convention and from OnPeak for the hotel without having to do a thing. I have every confidence that they will treat SDCC with the same professionalism and class.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
SXSW did that because they had a strict no refund policy anyway. SDCC obviously allows refunds, so they can’t do that.
San Diego’s single biggest convention — Comic-Con International, which fills hotel rooms to capacity every July — has yet to cancel, but it’s unlikely it will be able to hold its gathering of 135,000 given the kind of social distancing requirements that may well still be in place this summer, said Tourism Authority CEO Joe Terzi.“They are evaluating any financial liability they might have with a cancellation, and once they determine that, they’ll make a decision,” Terzi said. “Based on our knowledge of the event, it will be very difficult for them to have that event in July. With other events you could do things to keep people separate, but Comic-Con is a whole different animal, it’s a massive sea of people.”In an email sent earlier this month to the more than 50 hotels that are part of the convention room block for Comic-Con, the Tourism Authority pointed out that organizers are having to consider canceling the show and needed assurances from the hotels, should the gathering be called off, that “any cancellation fees or penalties for this year’s event be waived as we work through this challenging process. Comic-Con continues to be a loyal partner and important economic generator for the City of San Diego and has been for over 50 years.”So far, a majority of hotels have agreed to the request, and the Tourism Authority, which oversees the booking of larger citywide meetings at the convention center, is awaiting the responses from the rest of the properties, Terzi said.Comic-Con said Thursday it is still weighing its options and hopes to make an announcement soon. It is also exploring the possibility of an “online component” should the convention not take place, said spokesman David Glanzer.“We understand that many stakeholders rely upon our conventions as a major portion of their yearly income and livelihood, but we are truly in uncharted territory,” Glanzer said. “We do not want to disappoint the people who have saved, planned, and are looking forward to the show this summer, but the primary concern, what is chief among all our concerns, is the health and safety of not only our attendees, but the public as well.”