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May 19, 2020 at 8:17 pm #1528449

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Not surprised but still disappointed.

link to official press release here: https://www.gencon.com/press/gen-con-2020-cancellation

May 19, 2020 at 8:52 pm #1528461

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Not even remotely a surprise.

Ive never met anyone that went to Gen Con and didn’t catch the con flu… so imagine what covid would do to the Gen Cons gatherers.

May 19, 2020 at 8:58 pm #1528462

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I doubt we’ll see any big events ’til next year … and even that may be a gamble.

May 20, 2020 at 9:54 pm #1528890

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Besides all the obvious reasons there is another. The state of Indiana has started to open and is headed to phase 3 as of this coming Friday. Indianapolis is not opening up and has no plan for opening. Downtown will be a ghost town by the end of summer as businesses that have grown or moved in to be part of the expanded tourist traffic are closing permanently.

I am pretty sure that to allow GenCon out of their 2020 obligations a deal was struck to add on the extra 2 years to the contract. Not sure if this is going to be enough. GenCon already had a very vocal group wanting to leave Indianapolis and this could lead to more internal strife.

Oh well I hope we can get past this and get back to normal.
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