So many sports, music and other festivities are now being rescheduled for autumn, it stuns even promoters
By Neil Shah March 24, 2020 4:13 pm ET For weeks, Americans have watched an unprecedented number of cultural institutions cancel or postpone events due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Everyone wants to move to the fall,” says Peter Shapiro, an independent concert promoter for midsize venues such as the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. The Kentucky Derby, which has run every year since 1875, has announced it is moving from its customary first Saturday of May to Sept. 5. Since 1901, the famous horse race in Louisville, Ky., has always happened in May—except once.
The French Open, normally held in late May and June, has been postponed to Sept. 20 to Oct. 4. That puts it one week after another major tennis tournament, the U.S. Open, which lasts until Sept. 13. The French Open now clashes with the Laver Cup in Boston, which is in late September.
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