When the National Association of Broadcasters made its decision to cancel rather than delay its convention in late April, thousands of laborers lost work.
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The National Association of Broadcasters announced Friday it will not be rescheduling 2020’s Las Vegas show.
The show released a statement Monday stating it is working with the hotel to figure out alternative dates for the event, and registrations and exhibition contracts will be honored for future event dates.
Trade show LightFair 2020 announced Friday it would no longer take place in May but will instead be held later this year if conditions around the spread of coronavirus improves.
Some vendors to Las Vegas’ convention sector are struggling to find work as conventions continue to alter or outright cancel plans amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Volvo Group appears to have had a change of heart just one day after announcing it would be pulling out of next week’s ConExpo-Con/Ag 2020.
Reed Exhibitions Group Vice President Will Wise said in a statement the decision was not made lightly.
It’s too early to know the financial impact of the cancellations, but last year the Las Vegas conventions and business meetings generated $6.3 billion of direct economic impact and about 6.6 million business travelers, according to a report from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.