The National Rifle Association has announced it will hold its annual members’ meeting—as required by association bylaws—in Springfield, Missouri at the Springfield Expo Center on Saturday, Sept. 5, according to the Springfield News-Leader.
That is the Labor Day weekend.
The newspaper quoted Dana Maugans, director of sales with the Springfield Visitors and Convention Bureau, who said NRA has reserved a large space (Halls A, B and C) to allow for social distancing. The meeting is expected to attract anywhere from 1,000 to 1,250 people, the newspaper said.
The most recent time this has occurred was in 1997, when the annual members’ meeting was held in Denver following the tragedy at Columbine High School. The exhibition and all other parts of the weekend program were cancelled, but the members’ meeting and Board of Directors meeting were both held.
