Sept. In-Person CEDIA Expo to Require Masks at All Times, Say Producers

for Sept. 1-3 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Emerald, whose 2020 revenue plummeted 65% to $127.4 million due to the pandemic, is taking “extra precautions, beyond those mandated by government and local authorities, including temperature checks and face masks required of all persons entering the building, without exception,” it said. Daily temperature screens will be done as attendees enter the facility; anyone with a “high temperature” won’t be admitted, it said. Attendees will have to acknowledge and accept terms and conditions before entering the event, certifying they aren’t sick and don’t have signs or symptoms of COVID-19. They have to “make every effort to maintain" the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's hygiene guidelines, Emerald said: “CEDIA Expo has a no-contact policy in place.” The physical structure of the show was designed to allow social distancing and one-way entrances and exits, Emerald said. Attendees also agree to release Emerald and its affiliates from "all risks, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses ... associated with, resulting from or arising in connection with my participation or presence at the CEDIA Expo event."