NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The New York International Auto Show will return to the Javits Center this summer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
The annual auto show, which was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will run from Aug. 20 to Aug. 29, Cuomo said at a news briefing.
Tickets will go on sale on June 30, the governor said.
“The goal is 1 million visitors to the Javits Center over nine days,” he said. “One million visitors is the high number that we’ve had in the past, but we believe it’s achievable, because now Javits is even bigger than it was in the past.”
New York state currently has the lowest COVID-19 positivity rate in the country, Cuomo noted.
“We want people coming to New York. And we want people to know that they are welcome, and we want them to come make us the venue for their reentry into living and thriving and enjoying once again,” he said. “Our message is, to domestic and international tourists: this is the place you want to visit.”