The Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which was set for Saturday, March 14 and was expected to draw a crowd of about 125,000 people to a two-mile stretch of Greenville Ave., has been canceled amid rising concerns over COVID-19 infections in North Texas.
Calling the decision to cancel the annual party “the correct and responsible decision,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said, “While our region still has only a few ‘presumptive positive’ COVID-19 cases that appear to be related to travel, we are