After much consideration, IPMS Richmond has decided to cancel the Old Dominion Open scheduled for February 27, 2021. The event will not be rescheduled for a later date next year. However, we are already planning the 2022 Old Dominion Open. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for support of our annual event.
Our chapter’s
Old Dominion Open Committee spent the past seven months monitoring the
Coronavirus situation while preparing for the 2021 ODO. We have watched as Coronavirus remains a persistent
and serious hazard. Our ODO Committee
has carefully analyzed the risks involved in holding the event next
February. In light of the uncertainty of
the Covid 19 situation over the next few months, the possible legal
restrictions the government may mandate and the health, safety and financial
risks involved, our chapter concluded that it would be impractical to host the
2021 Old Dominion Open. IPMS Richmond reached
this decision with regret and disappointment, but we believe it is in the best
interests of our guests, vendors, exhibitors and chapter.
We hope that
this pandemic will be finally overcome and that hobby shows and contests can
soon safely resume. Giving the Old
Dominion Open a year’s “vacation” should result in an event we can all enjoy in
2022. We appreciate all of the generous
support that fellow IPMS chapters, other hobby organizations, vendors, sponsors
and the scale modeling community have given IPMS Richmond over the years. We look forward to inviting you to the 2022
Old Dominion Open.
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