In reversal, CES gadget show won’t be in-person
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NEW YORK — CES, one of the world’s biggest technology conferences, will be a virtual event in January due to the coronavirus pandemic, a reversal from May when organizers said it would go on as a smaller gathering in Las Vegas.
CES LAS VEGAS CANCELED, 2021 TECH GATHERING TO TAKE PLACE ONLINE
The announcement Tuesday is another blow for Las Vegas, which, like all other U.S. tourist destinations, is suffering as people stay home or vacation locally. More than 170,00 people attended the four-day show this year in January, before COVID-19 began to spread across the U.S.
States in the South and West are being hit particularly hard.
In Nevada during the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases has increased 27 percent. The state now ranks sixth in the country for
