They considered a trio of potential budgets for various stages of lockdown, reopening or something in the middle. As we were also enduring the impacts of COVID-19, trying to foresee the future was nearly impossible,' López said.
'While we're trying to plan and prepare, we're also losing loved ones and friends and being severed from our employment and the places and people that we love. Plus, community-wide, there's a lot of grief. While the San Diego event industry has begun to barrel ahead full-steam, large-scale projects like Pride didn't really have enough time for the necessary advance planning.