It was always going to be difficult to hold Halloween Horror Nights under anything other than ideal conditions.
At this point, it’s impossible to know what the situation is going to be in October, but with work on Halloween Horror Nights certainly needing to start before then, a decision needed to be made, and Universal has decided, rightly, to err on the side of caution.
To be sure, fans of Halloween Horror Nights are in mourning for their favorite event of the year.
The decision to cancel the event is going to hit Universal right in the wallet, which is only going to make an existing problem that much worse.