Carlisle Events has issued a response to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s legal attempts to close their ongoing Spring Carlisle auto show and flea market.
The Spring Carlisle show opened on June 17, and has in past years drawn as many as 100,000 people. According to the Department of Heath, who filed a cease and desist petition for the event on Wednesday, Carlisle Events did not respond to a letter sent on Tuesday that the outdoor event was not permitted to exceed the limit of a 250 person gathering. That limit is in place for any public gathering in Cumberland County, which is currently operating under the green phase of the state’s recovery plan, thus making the event a high risk to spread the coronavirus.
In their statement, Carlisle Events said that they believed “the Department of Health’s Order is invalid” and further argued that even if the order was valid, the enforcement the department’s guidelines were being applied arbitrarily, as they claim other similar entertainment venues were being allowed to operate without impediment.
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“Similar to other large outdoor entertainment venues and amusement parks that have or are scheduled to open under the Green Phase in southcentral [sic] Pennsylvania, our approximately 100-acre event facility provides ample space for vendors and patrons to interact in a responsible manner, consistent with the CDC’s social distancing and other COVID-19 guidelines,” the statement said.
The case was scheduled for an emergency hearing on Thursday morning by the Commonwealth Court.
Here is the full statement from Carlisle Events:
This morning (June 17, 2020), Carlisle Events received notice of a lawsuit filed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in the Commonwealth Court. The filing seeks to apply and enforce the Department’s 250-person COVID-19 limit to outdoor events, such as our Spring Carlisle event, which opened this morning. We have retained counsel and intend to vigorously defend this action.
Similar to other large outdoor entertainment venues and amusement parks that have or are scheduled to open under the Green Phase in southcentral Pennsylvania, our approximately 100-acre event facility provides ample space for vendors and patrons to interact in a responsible manner, consistent with the CDC’s social distancing and other COVID-19 guidelines.
Carlisle Events has worked tirelessly to put on this event in a socially responsible manner and will continue to do so. We believe the Department of Health’s Order is invalid. Even if the Order is valid, the Department has erred in its application to outside events such as ours, or has acted arbitrarily in seeking to enforce the order against us, while permitting other entertainment venues to open.
We very much appreciate the business and support of our patrons and vendors during this time, and we hope that we will be able to continue to provide quality entertainment events that have become such an important part of our local and regional economy for the next forty-five years and more.
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