CTA to Shut CES 2022 a Day Early for Health and Safety Reasons
CES 2022 will open Wednesday as scheduled with “2200+” in-person exhibitors, but will close Jan. 7, a day earlier than planned, as “an additional safety measure” to the show’s existing COVID-19 health protocols, announced CTA Friday. “CES is steadfast in…
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its pledge to be the gathering place to showcase products and discuss ideas that will ultimately make our lives better,” said CTA President Gary Shapiro, who publicly hasn’t budged from his insistence that the show would go on amid the surge in cases nationally from COVID-19's omicron variant and the exodus of numerous big-name exhibitors for health and safety reasons. “We are shortening the show to three days and have put in place comprehensive health measures for the safety of all attendees and participants.” It's the first time in modern memory that CES will have run for fewer than four days.