Cary Knoop
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It's officially canceled.
Due to COVID-19 there is no NAB 2020
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Jim Feeley
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More info directly from the NAB:
"NAB has been monitoring the evolving situation on coronavirus both in the U.S. and around the globe. Due to the public health emergency we are currently facing, we believe that it is not possible to move forward with NAB Show as planned. Please see below for a message from NAB’s president and CEO Gordon H. Smith, along with some FAQs about the decision."
https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-update-and-resources/
"NAB has been monitoring the evolving situation on coronavirus both in the U.S. and around the globe. Due to the public health emergency we are currently facing, we believe that it is not possible to move forward with NAB Show as planned. Please see below for a message from NAB’s president and CEO Gordon H. Smith, along with some FAQs about the decision."
https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-update-and-resources/
Eric Coughlin
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As a protest to the cancellation of NAB I will not be attending NAB this year.
Eric Coughlin
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I'm personally a fan of the text option on DVXuser. I can use actual words to describe my thoughts and as such I never use the upvote or downvote option, which is a great option for people who are not good with articulating words and prefer anonymity to their inarticulate thoughts.
Liam Hall
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Neither would I.
Cary Knoop
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Yes, definitely.
But this will pass and to quote the stoic Marcus Aurelius:
Our actions may be impeded, but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt.
The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
High1ander
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A wise decision, we don't want you Coughlin all over the people there and spreading germs.
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Thomas Smet
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Doing layoffs right now is just stupid. This will pass and the better we contain it now the faster things can get back to normal. Then all those positions will need to be filled again. Companies need to find a way to ride this out as best they can. We will bounce back soon.
High1ander
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No politics and no judgement here, but, Las Vegas is built around tourism. 42 million visitors in a city with 600 000 population or 2 million if the greater area. They will surely have some ramifications, even if everything will be back on the same level in 6 months or 3 years...
jerrygvizdek
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No politics, but entire film and TV industry basically stopped, with concerts and live events as well. Won't be just LV, but it will be world wide pain through economy.
JPNola
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CDC guy was just on news ( Sunday, March 15 ) saying he “hopes” we have flattened the curve in the U.S. within two months time. Does that mean a minimum of two months of social-distancing, travel bans, events cancelled, etc.? He didn’t exactly say that it does, but little reason to think it does not.
Could well be another 2, 3 months of our industry being all but shutdown. Pessimism there on my part? Or just realism? At this point it would not surprise me if work does not come back around at a significant level for another 6 months. I’m hoping the NFL season is not delayed or even cancelled. Seems unfathomable, right? But did you think the NBA would just shut down?
Could well be another 2, 3 months of our industry being all but shutdown. Pessimism there on my part? Or just realism? At this point it would not surprise me if work does not come back around at a significant level for another 6 months. I’m hoping the NFL season is not delayed or even cancelled. Seems unfathomable, right? But did you think the NBA would just shut down?
Barry_Green
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NAB being cancelled was a shock, but it's starting to look comparatively minor: MGM and Wynn have announced they're shutting down ALL of their Las Vegas-area properties. Hotels, restaurants, shows, casinos, all closed. That's about a dozen gigantic properties, and tens of thousands of jobs.
Simultaneously, New York has apparently just closed the schools.
I would not be expecting things to go back to normal soon, it would be prudent to plan for an extended disruption to daily life and business.
Simultaneously, New York has apparently just closed the schools.
I would not be expecting things to go back to normal soon, it would be prudent to plan for an extended disruption to daily life and business.
Come November 2020 will we see a 2nd wave after a lull during the summer, like the spanish flu? Is Isolation and social distancing really the answer, shouldn't the world be building immunity to this strain of virus, as is the UK approach under Boris Johnson? Or should we rely on modern science's ability to develop a vaccine to help build up worldwide immunity, and continue to rely on social distancing and isolation? Tough questions. But I do not think this crisis will be over in the next two months, far from it. Unfortunately COVID 19 is out of Pandora's Box and it will be hard to put back in. I do feel sorry for all the contractors and show staff from Freeman and MC2 who work these events as well as all of the laborers in Las Vegas. Many are my friends and they rely on these events and the over time hours to last out the rest of the year.
NorBro
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Not really modern; just been the only other way to live after people naturally stopped hunting for their own food and started relying on farmers. Otherwise everyone would have to grow crops and raise livestock and that's not possible (disruption or no disruption).
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