Universal Orlando has canceled Halloween Horror Nights for this year.  The popular after-hours scare-fest, held for nearly three decades at Universal Studios theme park, is the latest event to be scrubbed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Universal Orlando has canceled Halloween Horror Nights for this year 2020.
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In a letter to employees, Universal Orlando Resort president Bill Davis thanked them for their work that had already been underway for months.

“For so many of us, HHN is a point of pride,” Davis wrote. “I have every confidence that our teams will adapt and direct their energies towards making HHN 2021 the ultimate homecoming of terror.”