The show must go on. That’s the mentality with the New York Pro and it should be, as it is viewed as the sport’s third most prestigious show following the Olympia and Arnold Classic (Ohio), respectively. Promoters Steve Weinberg and Bev Francis made an attempt to keep the show in the Empire State by pushing it up a few months following the COVID-19 pandemic, but New York governor Andrew Cuomo has not yet opened the state to an event of this size. So they did what was necessary and in a way, this may start a trend of a bodybuilding ‘bubble’ similar to what the NBA and NHL has done.
