As the 2019 novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on world financial markets and fuel fears of widespread contagion, major events such as conferences, summits, concerts, and sporting events are being forced to cancel or postpone. Even the upcoming Democratic primary debate in Arizona has been affected, with the Democratic National Committee announcing Tuesday that there will be no live audience at the event next Sunday âout of an abundance of caution.â The virus has reached more than 100 countries, killed at least 4,000 people, and sickened more than 110,000 people around the globe. Many significant sports events, however, must go on even without an audience in order to keep their season schedules on track. Noteworthy tech conferences have been moved online due to fears that the virus will multiply in large gatherings. Here is a running list of the major disruptions to events around the world.
- PGA tournaments in the U.S.âgames will be played without fans
- Masters Golf Tournamentâpostponed
- Boston Marathonâpostponed until Sept. 14
- NBA seasonâremaining games suspended
- NCAA âMarch Madnessâ Division I menâs and womenâs basketballâclosed to spectators
- Golden State Warriors v. Nets in San Francisco on March 12âclosed to spectators
- Indian Wells Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Open) tennis tournament in Palm Springs, Californiaâcanceled
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeoâremainder canceled
- Asian Football Confederation and FIFA Asian World Cup qualifying matches in Qatarâpostponed
- Round 5 of the Guinness Six Nations Rugby in Franceâpostponed
- Hong Kong and Singapore rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020âpostponed
- Tokyo Marathonâcanceled
- Chinese Grand Prixâpostponed
- The Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour Series in Chinaâcanceled
- World Athletics Indoor Championshipsâpostponed until 2021
- Grand Prix in Bahrainâclosed to spectators
- All sporting events in Italy, including the Serie A footballâcanceled or closed to spectators
- All sporting events in Iranâcanceled
- All sporting events in Greeceâclosed to spectators
- ATP Tourâsuspended tournaments for six weeks
- The Tribeca Film Festival April 15 to April 26âpostponed
- Disney Cruise Lineâall new departures suspended starting March 14
- Disneyland Paris Resortâclosed starting March 15
- Walt Disney World Resort in Floridaâclosed starting March 15
- Disneyland Park in Californiaâclosed starting March 13
- Carnegie Hall concert venueâall events canceled between March 13 and March 31
- The Metropolitan Museum of Artâtemporarily closed
- CNN-Univision Democratic presidential debate March 15 in Arizonaâmoved to D.C. with no live audience
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) presidential campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio on March 10âcanceled
- South by Southwest (SXSW) music, tech, and film festival in Texasâcanceled
- Pearl Jam North American tourâpostponed
- Coachella music festivalâpostponed to October
- Tucson Festival of Booksâcanceled
- Ultra Music Festival in Miamiâpostponed
- Annual TED 2020 conference in Vancouverâcanceled
- Seattleâs Emerald City Comic Conâcanceled
- Prague Film Festivalâcanceled
- London Book Fairâcanceled
- Tomorrowland Electronic Music Festival in Belgiumâcanceled
- Livre Paris Book Fairâcanceled
- National Book Critics Circle Award Ceremony in New Yorkâpostponed until fall 2020
- St. Patrickâs Day parades in Irelandâcanceled
- Tokyo Cherry Blossom Festivalâcanceled
- Azalea Festival in Okinawa, Japanâcanceled
- Venice Carnivalâcanceled
- The Dalai Lama has canceled all public events
- Purim parades in Israelâcanceled
- Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabiaâclosed
- New York International Auto Showâpostponed until late August
- New York Cityâs St. Patrickâs Day paradeâpostponed
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyersâsuspended until March 30
- Saturday Night Liveâsuspended until March 28
- Peter Rabbit 2 releaseâpostponed to August
- James Bond film No Time to Dieârelease postponed until November
- New York premiere of Superman: Red Sonâcanceled
- Andrew Lloyd Webberâs Cinderella musicalâpostponed until October
- Riverdale production in Vancouverâsuspended
- The World Bank and International Monetary Fundâs Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.âcanceled, virtual conference only
- Google I/O developer event in Californiaâcanceled
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Societyâs global health conference in Orlando, Floridaâcanceled
- Adobe Summit in-person conference in Las Vegasâcanceled, moved to online event
- Aruba Networks Atmosphere 2020 conference in Las Vegasâcanceled
- HIMSS health and tech conference in Orlando, Floridaâcanceled
- The Mobile World Congress in Barcelonaâcanceled
- Workday internal sales conference in San Franciscoâcanceled, online only
- ASEAN Summit in Las Vegasâpostponed
- Shopify annual developer conference âUniteâ in Toronto, Canadaâcanceled
- Cisco Live in Melbourne, Australiaâcanceled
- DEF CON China in Beijingâpostponed
- Dell World in Las Vegasâcanceled, online only
- EmTech Asia in Singaporeâpostponed
- Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Joseâcanceled
- F5 Agility 2020 in Orlando, Floridaâcanceled, online only
- Facebook Global Marketing Summit in San Franciscoâcanceled
- Game Developers Conference in San Franciscoâpostponed to summer 2020
- Google Cloud Next in San Franciscoâcanceled, online only
- Google I/O in Mountain View, Californiaâcanceled
- Google News Initiative Summit in Sunnyvale, Californiaâcanceled
- Semicon conventions in Korea and Chinaâcanceled
- Microsoft WSLConf in Redmond, Washingtonâcanceled, online only
- Microsoft MVP Global Summit in Redmond, Washingtonâcanceled, online only
- Paris Blockchain Week Summitâcanceled
- SAS Global Forum in Washington, D.C.âcanceled
- ACE Comic Con in Bostonâcanceled