Instead of throwing it away, the festival found a better use: sending the meals to tornado victims in Nashville.
Amid growing coronavirus fears, the annual Arnold Sports Festival was prohibited from allowing general spectators. The change left the festival with a bunch of food — but no one to eat it.
The event — a multi-sport festival that includes the Arnold Classic, a bodybuilding competition named after Arnold Schwarzenegger — takes place every year in Columbus, Ohio. This year, however, Ohio authorities prohibited general spectators from attending the festival, because of coronavirus.It's a sad day for me and everyone at the @ArnoldSports team. But we will always put our fans' health first.
— Arnold March 3, 2020 The change left the festival with enough food to accommodate the 200,000 people that typically attend. "We wanted something positive to happen to the food that could not be repurposed," said Molly Dale, general manager for Levy, the Greater Columbus Convention Center's food service provider, in a statement.A refrigerated truck will leave the Greater Columbus Convention Center on Friday.
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