Max Harrison wrote: "If you need a place to have the 50th and the
people to organize it, I have a tenative offer from the local Chamber
and a possible $5000
donation from the City Advertising and Tourism Promotion Commission
toward the cost of putting it on."
Now, that's an offer you can't beat with an ugly stick!!!! Having the
assistance of a professional tourist group is an enormous boost in the
pure organization of such an event. (The Anaheim convention and tourist
bureau, for example, puts out major bucks and assistance to atract even
small groups--although obviously too far away for the 50th.). Such
groups recoup their money through the money spent by visitors, and a
casino brings in even more cash! To have the backing of a tourist
agency would help bring out a bigger attendance.
Buster Evans
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