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SXSW Cancelled

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PJYoung
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rather be fishing
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That's funny. Remember this from Wednesday?

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"Today the threat of community spread is low [in Austin], but we are prepared for that to happen here," said Mark Escott with Austin Public Health in a press conference March 4.

He went on to say that right now, "there is no evidence that closing SXSW is going to make the community safer." In fact, he said, "one concern is if we shut down SXSW, people will still continue to come here."
AgOutsideAustin
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Yawn.
Laser Wolf
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The real reason is they finally realized it would suck even harder now that many major companies have backed out.
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Good. SXSW is ghetto.
Caesar4
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Interesting, does that include the EDU component? Today I saw 3 A&M decked-out cars in Austin today advertising SXSW.

https://sxsw.tamu.edu/
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Caesar4 said:

Interesting, does that include the EDU component? Today I saw 3 A&M decked-out cars in Austin today advertising SXSW.

https://sxsw.tamu.edu/
Yes. It does.
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Maybe needed but not good for the Austin economy. It brought almost $400 million to the area
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Potcake
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That's a lot of people with airfare and hotel reservations they provably can't get refunded. I bet many still come anyway.
Furlock Bones
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Here's my disappointed face.
bankshot11
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Sad for the loss of the movie and music portions. Good riddance to the tech bro's and their doofus pop up interactions
Topher17
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The biggest deal here is the lost income for small businesses and service industry workers.

Was I going to go to anything associated with SXSW? No, and neither were a lot of locals. However, a ton of folks in this city will be missing out on a huge portion of their income and that shouldn't be overlooked.
SteveBott
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Yep. Local tourist and retail are taking the hit. I avoid Austin like the beer virus but a lot paychecks got cut.
wadd96
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The impact is more far reaching than the artists. All the ancillary workers... Restaurants, bars, Uber/Lyft drivers, construction folks...

The cancellation wasn't necessary because of the spread (no known cases in ATX.) It was necessary because all the major funders like Apple, Facebook and Warner's all pulled the plug.
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TwoTimeAg
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Mayor and city council just wanted to make a power play...anyone think the city of Austin refunds any permit fees?
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TwoTimeAg said:

Mayor and city council just wanted to make a power play...anyone think the city of Austin refunds any permit fees?
It wasn't a power play. Facebook, Intel and Twitter all backed out which put pressure on others. After 10+ major sponsors backed out the pressure was on. It was more of a "CYA" situation as no one wanted to be responsible for the spread during a worldwide event of 400,000 people. I'm not saying it was the right call but it wasn't a power play.

Everyone who was part of this decision knew how bad it would be for the economy in the area.
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I think it was the right call. There are hundreds of infected people out there who don't know it yet, especially from the Seattle area where there is tons of big tech. They are still being way too restrictive in testing to know the full extent of the risk involved for such an event.
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Anyone tracking "unofficial" music shows? We are considering coming to town to catch some local acts, with the official showcases canceled.
Ragnar Danneskjoldd
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People in Austin: This will hurt the economy here and a lot of people who depend on their SXSW profit will be hurt.

Also people in Austin: Bernie Sanders: 83,803 (37.28%)
wadd96
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I don't live in Austin... just a suburb. And I didn't vote for that Commie.

And it will still hurt local business.
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SteveBott
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First case here in the Austin area

https://www.kvue.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-man-traveling-from-austin-to-india-tests-positive/269-77511074-d840-456e-b846-419adf96a861
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Probably didn't have it in Austin. Left March 1. Tested positive March 9
SteveBott
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Honestly no idea what the exposure window is but it's longer then the flu.
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