2020’s San Diego Comic-Con Canned Due To Looming COVID-19 Concerns

The ever growing concerns that have sprouted from the novel coronavirus pandemic has striked once again to dismantle yet another anticipated event scheduled for later this summer. This time, organizers for the approaching San Diego Comic-Con hosted in the south California city has announced that the coming event in July has been cancelled due to the circumstance of potentially endangering attendees.

Orchestrator Comic-Con announced that this will be the first in the half century-long history of San Diego Comic-Con that the show will be postponed. Alongside the saddening news for anticipated participants planning to visit San Diego this summer, the organizers also disclosed that this being the second tough decision following the push for WonderCon now scheduled for March 2021.

Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures and while we are saddened to take this action, we know it is the right decision. We eagerly look forward to the time when we can all meet again and share in the community we all love and enjoy.

David Glanzer, Comic-Con Spokesperson

Simultaneously during the initial announcement, elsewhere Comic-Con shared on Twitter to be looking for alternatives to lighten the blow on this year’s now-cancelled show. “We are exploring the possibility of an online presence that should give us all an opportunity to share in the community for which Comic-Con is famous.”

As for those who already paid their admission for the show, Comic-Con disclosed that attendees will be emailed within the coming week on the route to receive a refund. However, participants who initially planned to attend may also transfer their admission to the show for next year in 2021. Exhibitors are also granted the same ordeal if preferring to be granted a refund or convert its position for 2021 instead.

Alongside the disappointing new information on the canning of Sand Diego Comic-Con, the organizers also disclosed that the tension birthed by the ongoing pandemic has also affected the construction of the upcoming Comic-Con Museum planning to open in mid 2021.Telling to be “rephasing the Museum’s initially planned major renovations,” but it will not compromise the experience envisioned for future attendees when the grand opening arrives.

This looks to be developing more of a trend for approaching summer events as QuakeCon previously fallen victim to COVID-19 last month. While other organizers are cashing in on August like Informa Tech’s Game Developers Conference later this year, more shows pulling out a month prior could potentially entail that even late summer to early fall might still be too optimistic in the current situation regarding the pandemic.

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Source: Comic-Con