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by slouch 2289 days ago
It really depends how many people are flying in from out of town for the event, otherwise the same logic leads to shutting down all schools and stores.
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We are starting to see COVID19 spread from those who haven't traveled recently.

https://www.businessinsider.com/four-us-coronavirus-cases-li...

The recent Houston area cases were from a group that traveled to Egypt recently; I'm sure at least one person in that group was interested in going to the rodeo, which averages about 2.5 million attending each year:

https://www.rodeohouston.com/About-Us/Who-We-Are/Attendance

It's a show attended by 2.5 million people over 20 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Livestock_Show_and_Rod... But it's already started so I guess it's happening.