Re: USOpen MMIII

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Icono Clast) wrote:

>One of the main topics of conversation was the absence of the Southern
>California dancers. There was much speculation as to why they weren't
>there but the fact is: they weren't. They will suffer consequences
>caused by their absence as, by now, most, if not all, of the main
>floor seats have been sold. They're a-gonna end up where they least
>want to be.
>
One of the rumors passed around was that SoCal dancers weren't in attendance
because they were boycotting the event for moving out of SoCal. I only know
of a handful of people who 'boycotted' the event, but IMO, they using the
term boycott to mean they didn't have or didn't want to spend the money to
go.

A lot of people I know bitched and moaned that they wouldn't go to the Open
if it moved. When the Open was in SoCal, these same people didn't stay at
the hosting hotels, they didn't eat at the hotel restaurants, etc. They
drove from their homes to the event. It was the only event they attended
each year, and they attended only because it was in their backyard. It was
natural that when the Open moved it would lose them as spectators.

There are 1,995 seats in the new auditorium. I'd estimate that the number of
empty seats closely compared to the number of missing LA spectators. I'll
speculate that in a couple of years, as word of the Open's success spreads,
we'll see the place filled to capacity.

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)