SXSW 2020 has been cancelled, surrounding concerns about coronavirus.
South by Southwest's annual tech, music and film conference is canceled. Austin city Mayor Steve Adler made the announcement today. Adler said they made the decision to hit pause on the festival this year due to concerns over coronavirus. Here to tell us more is Jimmy Maas of member station KUT in Austin.
JIMMY MAAS, BYLINE: Well, there is a - locally, there is a mayor and the county judge, which is effectively the county executive. They declared a local disaster declaration. It is not a health emergency. I suspect there's an important legal distinction between those two, though the city has not clarified what that is yet. There are no cases of coronavirus or the disease here, but in the absence of...
CORNISH: The festival brings in such an enormous amount of money for local businesses, vendors, promoters, record stores. We know there's a tech component. What does canceling mean for the local economy?
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