[Paddlewise] Paddling Sports in the Olympics

FYI:  A large percentage of the high prices charged at events go right back
to the promotors. Event promotors can charge vendors hundreds or thousands
of dollars, or a large percentage (20 to 45%) of their gross income to sell
at big events.  Vendors don't want to gouge customers with outrageous
prices; they sell more food when the prices are lower.

Sometimes the promotors are the only ones that make a profit....(:<(

tina


At 5:52 PM -0700 9/25/00, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
>In 1996, whitewater slalom was held on the Ocoee,
>a couple of hours from Atlanta -- and it worked (I was there) with
>the only real problem being the gouging of spectators by food/drink
>vendors.  But not every site is so lucky, and in the case of Sydney,
>they responded by building a course that is considered to be one
>of the premier sites in the world.

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What? No Bento Buggy on weekends this summer?
See what the bento-meister's been up to at.....
http://www.pcez.com/BentoBuggy/bevents.htm
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