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Post by fastrunner155 on Mar 20, 2010 8:05:36 GMT -5
From my understanding, the FOE meet was supposed to be a yearly meet but I heard it's off for 2010. Had nothing to do with Bolt either. Track is back? Guess not in Toronto.
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Post by whatsyourmiletime on Mar 20, 2010 10:49:33 GMT -5
i cant find shit on it, it was great last year (besides the rain) but im pretty sure things like that will only happen once ever little wile i dont believe that its yearly meet, it would be awesome for some one to prove me wrong tho  |
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Post by mpd on Mar 20, 2010 11:03:28 GMT -5
After all the complaining about ticket prices and a nearly sold out audience, the meet still lost somewhere around $200 000. They knew, however, there was going to be a loss and from what I hear they are excited to do the meet again but my understanding was never that it was going to start as an annual event, fastrunner155. If you had any idea how much work and money went into an event of that caliber (did anyone even count how many Olympians were competing in that stadium?) then you would realize that that sort of thing can't be put on every year when it is first starting. It'll be back in 2011.
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Post by leroy on Mar 20, 2010 11:08:39 GMT -5
hopefully they wont schedule it at the same time as another significant meet in canada is going on.
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Post by HHH on Mar 20, 2010 11:12:58 GMT -5
hopefully they wont schedule it at the same time as another significant meet in canada is going on. Toronto is the center of the universe. There is nothing else of significance in Canada that can occur at the same time as event occurring in Toronto. |
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Post by moorezy on Mar 20, 2010 13:22:44 GMT -5
Paying Bolt that much money was a bonehead financial move, unless it guarantee them money which it didn't according to mpd. There were some good distance races talent wise. It would be cool to see it an annual event. I guess it was just "the Festival of Bolt".
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Post by fastrunner155 on Mar 20, 2010 13:28:56 GMT -5
Hate to break your bubble MPD but it says on the home page of festivalofexcellence.ca...
Track is officially back. Join us again next year for another exciting meet.
Also remember reading articles in the newspaper about it being a yearly event. And for the record, it was a boneheaded move to pay Bolt so much money. He got a lot less in England to run the 150m.
I wanted the meet to be successful as well but you can't say "track is back" and then not have the meet the next year.
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Post by tb400 on Mar 20, 2010 13:42:40 GMT -5
With the Pan Am Games on the horizon, does this kill the chance of Toronto being a stop on the Diamond League (after New York)?
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Post by journeyman on Mar 20, 2010 13:57:55 GMT -5
hopefully they wont schedule it at the same time as another significant meet in canada is going on. Toronto is the center of the universe. There is nothing else of significance in Canada that can occur at the same time as event occurring in Toronto. Or, Toronto has a significant enough population that any event in Toronto can probably go down without being impaired by other events elsewhere in Canada. Or, there is nothing wrong with having conflicting events. Make a choice. Or, ROC is jealous because of the Leafs, Raptors, Jays, CN Tower, city council surplus...ok, I don't know...why is the rest of Canada jealous? Probably has something to do with OFSAA... ps Montreal isn't jealous, we have hotter women anyway. |
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Post by rdrunner on Mar 20, 2010 14:31:24 GMT -5
A possible reason why the festival of excellence isn't on could be because the track is being redone because of problems with bubbles caused from water. From what I heard its suppose to be done fairly soon. I could be wrong though about this.
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Post by slamer on Mar 21, 2010 2:15:13 GMT -5
hopefully they wont schedule it at the same time as another significant meet in canada is going on. Toronto is the center of the universe. There is nothing else of significance in Canada that can occur at the same time as event occurring in Toronto. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you? Maybe you should get your Toronto envy out of your system before you make another comment. And why on earth do you (and people who make comments like you) think that the Toronto Track folks would hold this at the same time as another major meet? Grow up. |
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Post by Catts on Mar 21, 2010 7:28:07 GMT -5
I think the biggest issue with the Festival of Excellence is the venue. Varsity Stadium is a fantastic place for a track meet, but the capacity is only 5000. You're forced to charge high prices to try to break even. Even with all of the affiliated fundraisers, and whatever sponsorship money you can gain, I imagine it's very difficult to break even with a small venue. In a venue with a capacity of 10,000-20,000 you'd be much more likely to host a big time, sustainable meet.
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Post by HHH on Mar 21, 2010 8:33:26 GMT -5
Toronto is the center of the universe. There is nothing else of significance in Canada that can occur at the same time as event occurring in Toronto. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you? Maybe you should get your Toronto envy out of your system before you make another comment. And why on earth do you (and people who make comments like you) think that the Toronto Track folks would hold this at the same time as another major meet? Grow up. Easy slamer, just messing about. You Toronto types are so sensitive some times But to answer your question, last year they did hold it at the same time as the Harry Jerome track classic. The Harry Jerome track classic (held in Vancouver BC, that's our country's western most province) has been one of Canada's premier track and field meets for quite some time now. In all seriousness though, it would be nice to see race directors work together to line up meets in some sort of way that works best for the athletes. Granted there are a lot of other agendas going on but as the original poster was getting at, it would be nice to have two of Canada's best track meets not occur on the same day. But as Journeyman pointed out, Toronto has the population to support and do whatever they want... |
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Post by random on Mar 21, 2010 11:39:30 GMT -5
I think the group that put on FOE were overwhelmed with putting on Nationals as well, I could see them taking a break and putting the meet on in 2011, when they don't have to worry about Senior Nationals.
The meet takes a lot of volunteer energy and it would be a shame to burn that out in year 2.
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Post by F.T on Mar 21, 2010 12:11:39 GMT -5
Or, ROC is jealous because of the Leafs, Raptors, Jays, CN Tower, city council surplus...ok, I don't know...why is the rest of Canada jealous? Probably has something to do with OFSAA... Toronto FC obviously |
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Post by tb400 on Mar 21, 2010 14:17:47 GMT -5
It's a shame they couldn't have found a way to keep the old seating configuration when they rebuilt Varsity Stadium. Then it would have had a seating capacity of 10-20k.
Does anybody remember the Pan Pacific Games held at Centennial Park in the early '70s? I remember watching Dan Shaughnessy win a race there. I'm pretty sure they put up temporary stands around the track for that meet.
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