Gen Con 2020 Whats the over/under ?

[Hahnarama]

Thought I would start a new discussion thread because some jack ass, Me, keeps hijacking the Roll Call Thread.

Talk amongs' yourselves in all verklempt...

PS you should know I would LOVE for Gen Con to happen as schd and as safely as possible

[Hahnarama]

Originally Posted by Tornado

The Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for August, originally for May.

Here other rescheduled events, which run throughout August:

500 Festival Kickoff (Aug. 7)
Salesforce & JPMorgan Chase 500 Festival Kids’ Day and Rookie Run (Aug.
500 Festival Breakfast at the Brickyard (Aug. 15)
500 Festival Volunteer Appreciation Day (Aug. 15)
500 Festival Memorial Service (Aug. 21)

Well this is going to be Roger Penske's billions vs the political will of The Mayor of Indy. Roger just bought the track and he is more worried about his legacy. Will be interesting to see how this plays out as well as the confusion that UniGov will cause.

[Hahnarama]

This came from True Dungeon late yesterday, sorry Jeter

Originally Posted by True Dungeon

.. We are busy applying for State and Federal Grant/Loan programs that are designed to help small businesses. Unfortunately, as a "non-essential" business in Illinois, we were required to close our offices several weeks ago. With this came the difficult decision on what to do with staff at TD HQ. It was not an easy decision, but one we felt would be best for the company long-term, so we made the heartbreaking call to layoff our entire staff...

[Dad_Scaper]

Yeah. If there is a GenCon this year, we are in the thick of when organizers would be prepping. If it happens, it won’t be the same this year. Heck, the GC offices are themselves probably more or less shut down.

[Dysole]

I was optimistic early on, but the fact that cancelling MLB this year is on the table doesn't fill me with hope for something like Gencon. The path to it staying open is probably going to be something like we hit the peak very soon and new hospitalizations start decreasing, we get good antivirals/testing or something similar up and running in the not too distant future and Gencon enacts some rules to mitigate those things. Thus far, I'm not optimistic about those projections.

~Dysole, who hopes it's on but is already mentally prepping herself for it to be cancelled

[Dad_Scaper]

These things would be easier to assess if the response was being coordinated on a national level. The way things are now, it is impossible to guess what will happen from one day to the next. Only the virus knows, and we don’t know who is prepared, or how.

[Hahnarama]

Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper

These things would be easier to assess if the response was being coordinated on a national level.

Hahn deep breath...don't turn this thread into a political dumpster fire...don't wade into the swamp

[vegietarian18]

I mean politics has consequences on things like Gencon. Or else we wouldn't have politics or need to care about them.

It is pretty hard to see the future here. At the very least it doesn't seem to be getting exponentially worse at the moment but I think that's because so many people are staying at home more. Gencon is maybe one of the worst possible places for post-quarantine large gathering: all inside, open 24/7, very air-conditioned, lots of moving around. I'm hoping things will be good enough in 3 and a half months for Gencon to happen but not confident.

[Hahnarama]

Well Comic Con just canceled...

[lefton4ya]

ComicCon is the week before so not looking good.

[Tornado]

Ouch, that could be a deathblow.

[Dad_Scaper]

Guys, it's not happening.