Anybody around the country seeing sports shows being cancelled because of Corona

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Ten's of thousands of people die each year of the flu and I don't think anything like shows etc have been cancelled. I know a few schools close at times because of the flu but that is all. I really don't understand the current situation and panic with this virus. Now if a few million cases were reported in the USA that would be news and still that would be less than 1% and about 80% of these cases have few symptoms , according to the expert doctors.

maybe you missed the memo that they are hardly testing for it here. No test kits. No need to go anywhere, especially a card show. That would be the last place on earth I would go right now but that's just me.

[buymycards]

I am setting up at the Cedar Rapids, IA show on March 29th. Hope to see you all there. I will have wipes and hand sanitizer at my table for customer use.

BYOM. (Bring Your Own Masks)

[scooter729]

We have a large show in the Boston area the weekend of April 17-19. The promoter (Rich Altman) is sending out a bunch of promos every day right now about it, adding autograph guests, etc.

I expect things such as these types of shows will end up being canceled in the coming weeks, but they seem to be all systems go at the moment.

[oldjudge]

Card shows are easy to cancel. A better question is what will happen to spectator sports. Personally, I think there will be outright cancellations or games played in empty venues. March madness might be the first one.

[90feetaway]

I think shows that heavily rely on autograph guests may be at risk. Will the talent show up due to fear/travel restrictions?

[Bugsy]

Seattle just banned events with 250 people and San Francisco just banned events with more than 1000. The majority of large St. Patrick's Day parades have already been canceled. I think this is smart. You need to act early to minimize the impact of a pandemic. Our collective memory is surprisingly short. There are many lessons to be taken from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, including at looking what happens when you try to contain after the illness is already widespread...but most people don't even know there was an epidemic here in 1918.

[Tony Gordon]

There was a large crowd at my show in Milwaukee last weekend. I am setting up at the Wisconsin's Sports Collectors Association show this Sunday in Milwaukee. I plan to bring hand sanitizer. Milwaukee only has two reported cases of coronavirus.

[Shoeless Moe]

To continue on what Chris said, here is a very interesting article on the 1918 Flu as it pertained to Baseball:

https://baseballhall.org/discover/19...spare-baseball

[Goudey77]

The Seattle Mariners have announced that the home series openers will be played at an alternate location.

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Seattle just banned events with 250 people and San Francisco just banned events with more than 1000. The majority of large St. Patrick's Day parades have already been canceled. I think this is smart. You need to act early to minimize the impact of a pandemic. Our collective memory is surprisingly short. There are many lessons to be taken from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, including at looking what happens when you try to contain after the illness is already widespread...but most people don't even know there was an epidemic here in 1918.

[the-illini]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Card shows are easy to cancel. A better question is what will happen to spectator sports. Personally, I think there will be outright cancellations or games played in empty venues. March madness might be the first one.

https://twitter.com/NCAA/status/1237838583630721027

[JollyElm]

Perhaps it's time for sellers to start offering some incentives to drive up attendance numbers, like "Buy a graded 1952 Mantle card and get 3 wax packs of 1990 Score absolutely FREE!!!!!!"

[whitehse]

This has nothing to do with card shows but I am currently sitting in a Starbucks that is normally PACKED and there is nobody here but my wife and I. I asked if this is happening more and the workers have said they see a reduced amount of traffic inside the store but drive through seems to be increasing.

I am not one to panic but I am being prudent. I have my hand wipes that I used to wipe down the table before I sat down but in this Starbucks, its probably a good idea anyway! LOL