The problem is that they’re still figuring everything out themselves. I hear different rumors every week about how the event is going to operate in a way that accomplishes virtual queueing without using the app, and other operational details that shift and change constantly. They can’t announce what they don’t know.
And in regards to doing the event over two years, there are reasons why they can’t/don’t want to do that. First, it requires renegotiation to use the IPs for a second year (which they may not want to do, especially with Hill House and Eilish which are in the zeitgeist “now,” but could not be in a year). Second, saying “we’re not going to do new houses next year,” NOW sends a message to management that A&D doesn’t need a full staff to prepare for 2021 (which they typically start in August). Third, saying next year is the same as this year encourages people who may be on the fence about going this year pushes them to the “wait” camp. Universal wants to maximize their HHN intake this year. Incentivizing anyone to wait is absolutely not wait they want to do.