Organizers of the annual fair, which runs July 15 through Aug. 14, say most COVID-19 protocols put in place last year are optional. But online-only tickets and a daily 45,000-visitor cap on attendance will remain.
The first global event is coming to the Costa Mesa fairgrounds in October 2023. Organizers hope it will generate ideas that will reverse climate change and rebrand O.C. as a Green Silicon Valley.