OMG!CON postpones convention till 2021 | Information

Previous year’s group was believed at concerning 3,500 and 3,800.

And then, the coronavirus pandemic strike.

John Bowen, vice president of the group that stages the accumulating, mentioned in a video clip information that the function will return on June 11-13, 2011.

“It was not an easy final decision for any of us,” he explained. “But we want to make confident you have a convention for you to come back to. It would crack our hearts for this convention to go away.”

He explained organizers are by now operating with local accommodations to get rooms blocked for following calendar year.

The conference began in Paducah in 2006, and moved to Owensboro in 2014.

Dave Kirk, spot management director for the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Guests Bureau, stated, “It of course hurts our figures in the limited phrase, but assists them in the extensive time period.”

He claimed, “2021 should really be a extremely very good year for us. We’re hopeful and inspired by Gov. (Andy) Beshear’s ask for for enterprises to commence making proposals for how to reopen safely and securely. When we get the inexperienced light-weight, we’re self-confident our venues, points of interest and gatherings will be ready to open safely and securely and efficiently.”

Kirk mentioned, “The basic safety of our site visitors is our best precedence. We’re content to know they are suspending and not canceling. We are encouraging and discovering that most teams are pursuing the reschedule and postpone product at this time, rather of canceling. In Owensboro, we’ve normally had to operate a minimal more durable and a tiny smarter. We see this as a position we prosper in.”

Bowen explained, “We know this full pandemic is really hard, and OMG!Con would seem like just another sufferer. But as Gov. Andy Beshear keeps telling us, ‘We will get by way of. We will get through this alongside one another.” So keep risk-free. Keep washing all those fingers and observe your social distancing. We’ll see you shortly.”