Re: Buffalo indoor contest

From: Chuck Slusarczyk <chucks2000_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:29:59 -0500

Hi Bob
Sorry to hear this .Gee I would have thought that guys that make millions for playing a kids game wouldn't need the money they get for rent. They should offer it for use as a community service now they'll make even less.

Chuck Slusarczyk
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Robert Clemens
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:51 AM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Buffalo indoor contest


  Consider this a brief obituary for the Empire State Indoor Championships.

  There will be no meet at the Buffalo Bills fieldhouse this year, or any year
  in the foreseeable future. The Bills have raised the rental fee to $1,500
  for 2007 and will charge $3,500 starting in 2008. There will also be an
  additional charge for security service. Apparently a recent collective
  bargaining agreement between NFL owners and the players union allows the
  union to skim a portion of any rental fees charged for a club's facilities,
  leaving not enough for the football club to meet expenses incurred in these
  rentals. So up goes the rental fee to compensate. The new fees are simply
  too high for the Flying Aces Club and the Western New York Free Flight to
  absorb, especially in light of the low attendance at the contest during the
  past three years. So, with regrets, it's goodbye.

  There is a renovated armory in downtown Rochester with an arched beam
  ceiling, maximum height 55 ft. Lots of floor area. Reasonable rental charge.
  We're considering holding a contest there. Whether or not it will take place
  remains to be seen. Even in the face of the apathy that diminished our
  efforts at Buffalo, it could be a success.

  Bob Clemens



   

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