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I find it ridiculous that SXSW had to be forced by the City of Austin to cancel. If it were up to the SXSW organizers, who apparently care more about "the show
by txcwpalpha 7y ago
I find it ridiculous that SXSW had to be forced by the City of Austin to cancel. If it were up to the SXSW organizers, who apparently care more about "the show must go on" than they do about people getting sick and dying, SXSW would still be happening.
The SXSW organizers are foolish for not cancelling earlier in the week when the major sponsors started to pull out. The writing was on the wall, clear as day, that it inevitably would be cancelled, but instead of taking the opportunity to gracefully cancel it themselves or use the time to start making alternate arrangements, they doubled down and had to be forced by the city to cancel and now have less than 1 week to figure out how to handle it. Not a good look.
- tristanj 7y agoFrom what I understand, they waited until the city of Austin ordered the event to be cancelled so they could collect insurance money.
- txcwpalpha 7y agohttps://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2020-03-06/sxsw-cancellation-not-covered-by-insurance/ https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2020-03-06/sxsw-c... Looks like that was all just speculation and not true.
- OzzyB 7y agoDidn't know this and this does shine a different light... However, I'm guessing that it's better for the organizers to have the gov "pull the plug" than themselves since this will allow them to (potentially) renege on all the supplier contracts they must be have in order to put on such an event. I'm pretty sure SXSW organizers are in direct contact with City officials. Edit: Or indeed collect insurance as the other commenter points out
- txcwpalpha 7y agoBased on their passive aggressive wording in SXSW's official announcement, it seems to me that SXSW did not want to cancel at all but are doing so reluctantly because they are being forced to by the city. That might just be a PR move, but personally I doubt it. From what I've seen, the insurance thing is just a rumor/speculation going around reddit and Twitter. I haven't seen any official information about an insurance payout.
- ghaff 7y agoAnd you won’t. You can be sure lawyers and insurance companies were putting in long hours.
- txcwpalpha 7y agohttps://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2020-03-06/sxsw-cancellation-not-covered-by-insurance/ https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2020-03-06/sxsw-c...
- ksec 7y agoBeing Forced to Cancel by Gov Officials saves faces for everybody. The Hotels, Organisers, Participants, etc. And I am pretty sure there will be lots of interest from all parties involves, insurance is just one of them. Everything else is just PR moves.
- techslave 7y agoall such contracts have “force majeure” clauses so that’s not a problem.
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