As a result, numerous events in the Easy Bay area have been cancelled, including various sports games, a concert in Berkeley and a nearby Powwow.
Such cancellations are generally outside the event organisers’ control – after all, it is difficult not to heed health warnings from official bodies, and it’s likely they were issued along with a recommendation to cancel events. As such, they would likely be covered by event cancellation insurance, a policy which would provide financial cover for expenses such as refunds, staffing costs, equipment hire and the rescheduling of said events.
Read more at https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/10/13/record-breaking-air-pollution-leads-to-event-cancellations-in-the-east-bay/