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Dec 2020
Doubts about future of 2021 Great Yorkshire Show
The future of next year's Great Yorkshire Show is uncertain as the Harrogate venue that hosts the event begins a huge mass vaccination project.
The NHS began the programme on Tuesday at the showground. It is expected to last several months, which raises questions about the viability of the 2021 show, which is provisionally scheduled for July 13 to 15.
Heather Parry, managing director at Yorkshire Event Centre, told the Stray Ferret is is "looking at all the options at the moment" for the 2021 event.
Ms Parry said:
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Ms Parry said none of the contingency plans involved moving the event, which has been held at the Great Yorkshire Showground since 1951, to a different site.
The show was cancelled in 2020 due to coronavirus. A virtual event took place instead with three days of video footage.
Ms Parry added that at least 200 other events have been cancelled this year at the Yorkshire Event Centre and the Pavillions of Harrogate venue, which is also on the showground, due to the pandemic.
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