Yahoo News Detroit Auto Show Canceled: Venue to Become Field Hospital for Coronavirus
In a season when the New York auto show was postponed and the Geneva auto show was canceled, it's not that surprising that the Detroit auto show, scheduled for June 6–20, is now off because of coronavirus.
In this case, it's because the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has chosen the show venue as a field hospital for the next six months for emergency patients.
The next Detroit show will be in June 2021, show organizers said.
As the Detroit Free Press first reported, the 2020 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit has been canceled for this year. The reason is because FEMA has selected the TCF Center, formerly known as Cobo, as an emergency field hospital for the city of Detroit. This was to be the first year the show would be held during the summer months after a long tradition of holding it in January.
The paper reported that all plans related to the show, with public dates from June 6 to 20, will all be moved forward a year. Among the events planned were an outdoor street fair and the annual black-tie charity preview.
2020 NAIAS chairman Doug North said in a statement that the group is talking about doing some kind of fundraising later in 2020 to benefit the children's charities that were to benefit from the charity preview.
"We know these organizations rely on the money raised at Charity Preview to fund many wonderful support services for the most vulnerable in our community," North said.
Statewide data shows that the city of Detroit is by far the worst-hit area in Michigan for COVID-19 cases, with 1377 cases and 30 deaths reported as of March 28.
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