The 2021 New York Worldwide Auto Present might be held in August, moderately than April, organizers introduced Tuesday, including one more transfer to the seemingly countless leapfrogging of American auto exhibits in 2020 and 2021.
Subsequent yr’s American present season has been thrown on its ear by coronavirus disruptions. For now, the Chicago Auto Present continues to be on for February, however that will change. A present spokesperson informed Autoblog that Chicago could also be pushed again to March, however plans haven’t but been finalized. New York’s transfer to August creates a bit extra respiratory room for the Windy Metropolis workforce.
Both approach, it would stay within the lead-off slot for the 2020-2021 present season, adopted by the Los Angeles Auto Present (kicking off Might 21), then the New York Auto Present (Aug. 20-29) and eventually the Detroit Auto Present, which is able to run from Sept. 28 via Oct. 9.
“Taking a look at all the problems we’re dealing with, we’ve got decided that transferring the dates of the 2021 NYIAS to August isn’t solely the accountable factor to do, however it places us in a novel place to occupy the expanded Javits Middle with a further 100,000 sq. ft of latest exhibit house on the primary flooring and way more,” present President Mark Schienberg in asserting the transfer.
Of the 2021 schedule modifications, solely Detroit’s transfer to the autumn slot seems to be everlasting. The North American Worldwide Auto Present was slated to be held in June this yr for the primary time, transferring again from its earlier January slot. It now seems {that a} springtime Detroit Auto Present was merely not meant to be.
