Virus threatens $6bn in St Patrick’s Day spending in US

American Revolutionary War re-enactors fire musket blanks during a St Patrick’s Day parade in Boston. This year’s has been cancelled.

Parades in Boston, Seattle, and LA have been cancelled, meaning one of the biggest revenue generating days for bars will be curtailed, write Matthew Townsend and Angelica LaVito

American Revolutionary War re-enactors fire musket blanks during a St Patrick’s Day parade in Boston. This year’s has been cancelled.

St Patrick's Day will be a major test of how much the coronavirus will impact America’s $13 trillion consumer economy.

Hundreds of marchers participate in the St Patrick’s Day parade in New York every year. As coronavirus spreads across the US, a slew of events, including major conferences and festivals, have been postponed or cancelled.