EAA AirVenture was supposed to kick off this week
Credit: NBC 26 Wisconsin
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EAA AIRVENTURESHOW HAS BEENDRAWING IN 100'S OFTHOUSANDS OF AIRENTHUSIASTS... BUTTHIS YEAR IN LIGHTOF THE CONTINUEDSPREAD OF COVID 19THE SHOW WASCANCELED.TODAY... ON WHATWOULD HAVE BEENDAY TWO OF THEWEEK LONG AIRSHOW... NBC26'S ERICCREST VISITEDOSHKOSH... TO FINDOUT OUT SOME OFTHE EFFECTS OF THECANCELATION.TUESDAY WOULDHAVE MARKED THESECOND DAY OF THE2020 EAA AIVENTURESHOW IN OSHKOSH....THERE SHOULD HAVEBEEN NEARLY 50-THOUSAND PEOPLECAMPING AROUNDTHE AIRPORT... ANDANOTHER 550-THOUSAND PEOPLECHECKING OUT THEEXHIBITS... BUT....."RIGHT NOW IT'SPRETTY SLOW RIGHTFOR A TUESDAYDURING AIRVENTUREWEEK.
BUT NORMALLYWE WOULD HAVE AHALF MILLION OF OURCLOSEST FRIENDSAND MEMBERS FROMOVER 100 COUNTRIESALL 50 STATES ALLAROUND THE WORLDCOMING TOCELEBRATE AVIATIONWITH US TODAY."INSTEAD OF THECROWDS... IT'S EMPTYHERE... THE GATESARE ALL LOCKED UP...AND ONLY STAFF AREALLOWED ON THEGROUNDS.."IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BIGBLOW TO EAA IT'S ABIG BLOW TO THECOMMUNITY OFOSHKOSH AND THEWHOLE FOX VALLEY INGENERAL."IT'S ESTIMATED THATTHE SHOW BRINGSABOUT 750 MILLIONDOLLARS INTONORTHEASTERNWISCONSIN... ANDWHILE THIS YEAR THECOMMUNITIESSURROUNDINGOSHKOSH WON'TCOME CLOSE TOWHAT THEY'RE USEDTO SEEINGMONETARILY... THETOURISM BUREAUSAYS FOLKS ARESTILL MAKING THETRIP..."I THINK OURCAMPGROUNDS AREDIFFENITLY FILING UPAND I THINK OURHOTELS ARE GOINGTO HAVE A LITTLEBOOST THIS WEEKWHCIH IS A GOODTHING."OF COURSE... THETOURISTS IN TOWNWILL PALE INCOMPARISON TOWHAT OSHKOSH ISUSED TOO... BUT ATTHIS POINT.... ANYTOURISM ISWELCOMED..."IT'S KIND OF THE OLDSAYING, YOU DON'TKNOW WHAT YOU'VEGOT TILL IT'S GONE.""YOU KNOW I THINKTHE NEAT THING ISWE'VE SEEN PEOPLEFROM ALL ACROSSTHE US STILL DRIVETO OSHKOSH STILLFLY INTO OSHKOSHAND SUPPORT THELOCAL BUSINESSESTHEY NORMALLYWOULD.
A LITTLEDIFFERENT SCALEMAYBE 100'S OFPEOPLE OR A COUPLETHOUSAND PEOPLEBUT OSHKOSH ISSTILL THAT MECCATHAT THEY WANNACOME TO EVERYSUMMER AND SOMEARE STILL ACTUALLYDOING IT."SO FOR 2020... IT'SBEGINGING TOBECOME OBVIOUS....TOURIST DOLLARSLIKELY WON'T BESPENT LIKE THEYHAVE IN YEARS PAST...BUT... FORTUNATALYWITH AINTERNATIONAL DRAWTHAT THE EAAAIRVENTURE BRINGSYEAR IN AND YEAROUT... MANY EXPECT2021... TO BE A HIT...."I THINK 2021 IS GOINGTO BE BIGGER ANDBETTER THAN EVERAND I THINK PEOPLEARE NOT GOING TOTAKE IT FORGRANTED."IN OSHKOSH ERICCREST NBC26...THERE IS AN ONLINEEAA AIRVENTUREEXPERIENCE... FULLOF INTERVIEWS WITHPILOTS.... LIVESTREAMS WITHASTRONAUTS.... ANDCONVERSATIONSWITH PEOPLE WHOWERE SUPPOSED TOFLY IN THIS SUMMERSSHOW... THATEXPERIENCE ISHAPPENING ALL WEEKONLINE AT E-A-A-TOGETHER DOTORG....MINUTES AGO, GREENBAY'S COMMON