Every Major Event Canceled or Postponed Worldwide Due to Coronavirus
As the 2019 novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on world financial markets and fuel fears of widespread contagion, major events such as conferences, summits, concerts, and sporting events are being forced to cancel or postpone. Even the upcoming Democratic primary debate in Arizona has been affected, with the Democratic National Committee announcing Tuesday that there will be no live audience at the event next Sunday “out of an abundance of caution.” The virus has reached more than 100 countries, killed at least 4,000 people, and sickened more than 110,000 people around the globe. Many significant sports events, however, must go on even without an audience in order to keep their season schedules on track. Noteworthy tech conferences have been moved online due to fears that the virus will multiply in large gatherings. Here is a running list of the major disruptions to events around the world.
Major Global Sporting Events
Indian Wells Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Open) tennis tournament in Palm Springs, California—canceled
Asian Football Confederation and FIFA Asian World Cup qualifying matches in Qatar—postponed
Round 5 of the Guinness Six Nations Rugby in France—postponed
Hong Kong and Singapore rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020—postponed
Tokyo Marathon—canceled
Chinese Grand Prix—postponed
The Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour Series in China—canceled
World Athletics Indoor Championships—postponed until 2021
Grand Prix in Bahrain—closed to spectators
All sporting events in Italy, including the Serie A football—cancelled or closed to spectators
All sporting events in Iran—cancelled
All sporting events in Greece—closed to spectators
Major Festivals and Events
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) presidential campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio on March 10—canceled
South by Southwest (SXSW) music, tech, and film festival in Texas—canceled
Pearl Jam North American tour—postponed
Coachella—postponed
Tucson Festival of Books—canceled
Ultra Music Festival in Miami—postponed
Annual TED 2020 conference in Vancouver—canceled
Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con—canceled
Prague Film Festival—canceled
London Book Fair—canceled
Tomorrowland Electronic Music Festival in Belgium—canceled
Livre Paris Book Fair—canceled
National Book Critics Circle Award Ceremony in New York—postponed until fall 2020
St. Patrick’s Day parades in Ireland—canceled
Tokyo Cherry Blossom Festival—canceled
Azalea Festival in Okinawa, Japan—canceled
Venice Carnival—canceled
The Dalai Lama has canceled all public events
Purim parades in Israel—canceled
Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia—closed
New York International Auto Show—postponed until late August
Movies and Productions
Peter Rabbit 2 release—postponed to August
James Bond film No Time to Die—release postponed until November
New York premiere of Superman: Red Son—canceled
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella musical—postponed until October
Major U.S. Corporate Events and Conferences
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.—canceled, virtual conference only
Google I/O developer event in California—canceled
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s global health conference in Orlando, Florida—canceled
Adobe Summit in-person conference in Las Vegas—canceled, moved to online event
Aruba Networks Atmosphere 2020 conference in Las Vegas—canceled
HIMSS health and tech conference in Orlando, Florida—canceled
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona—canceled
Workday internal sales conference in San Francisco—canceled, online only
ASEAN Summit in Las Vegas—postponed
Shopify annual developer conference ‘Unite’ in Toronto, Canada—canceled
Cisco Live in Melbourne, Australia—canceled
DEF CON China in Beijing—postponed
Dell World in Las Vegas—canceled, online only
EmTech Asia in Singapore—postponed
Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Jose—canceled
F5 Agility 2020 in Orlando, Florida—canceled, online only
Facebook Global Marketing Summit in San Francisco—canceled
Game Developers Conference in San Francisco—postponed to summer 2020
Google Cloud Next in San Francisco—canceled, online only
Google I/O in Mountain View, California—canceled
Google News Initiative Summit in Sunnyvale, California—canceled
Semicon conventions in Korea and China—canceled
Microsoft WSLConf in Redmond, Washington—canceled, online only
Microsoft MVP Global Summit in Redmond, Washington—canceled, online only
Paris Blockchain Week Summit—canceled
SAS Global Forum in Washington, D.C.—canceled
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