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RE: TT World Series findings expected next October
Sadly (especially so for me being a Manx resident and tax payer!!) they will not listen to you, me or anyone else regardless of knowledge, experience, business acumen, or anything else for that matter.
They are determined to plough on with this, and will continue to do so until someone in senior government has the sense to step in and stop them.
The consultants involved, who are probably having a good chuckle over the naivety of their client, will obviously continue to sell them hope at the appropriate rate, for as long as someone is daft enough to pass their invoices for payment, which will be until someone bright enough to see through this, and senior enough to actually do something about it, pulls the plug.
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RE: TT World Series findings expected next October
I suspect Warrior is entirely correct in his assessment of the situation. I presume most consultancies will keep accepting the cheques as long as the client keeps writing them...
What countries do we think might be approached? Australia has a ready made venue in Mount Panorama at Bathurst and I'm sure there would be something suitable in NZ but as this is about commercial opportunity, would the DED think that these countries have anything to offer business-wise?
We're left with Asia - the most likely bet in my opinion, the Middle East and South America. I suppose S. California & Florida are options for a winter series but could you ever get a road circuit up and running there?
I also wonder if the DED have given thought to whether the riders would actually be able to devote the time to this. Taking two of the riders I regularly report on as an example, both of them have become regular top ten finishers in their classes and as such are likely to be on the radar as potential competitors in this series. One is self employed and the other works for the family business. This would make it hard for them unless there was enough money available to them to cover their absence and to get them to these events.
I really can't see how this can work but I'm prepared to be convinced if anyone has a contary opinion
(This post was last modified: 25-11-2014, 06:35 PM by sticky.)
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25-11-2014, 06:35 PM |
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RE: TT World Series findings expected next October
This was never going to be, and never will be, a runner, and I said so at the time it was first mooted.
People in the DED (not the politicians but civil servants), along with the "consultants", sold the MHKs a Bill of Goods and the poor saps hadn't the wit to see that they were being conned.
The only people for whom this deal will be successful (financially, of course) will be the consultants plus, possibly, (allegedly?) one or two of the aforementioned CSs.
When I first rode the Manx, in 1978/79, there was a Rickie Lee Jones record on the jukebox in the Loch Hotel, entitled "Easy Money".
Says it all, doesn't it!!
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RE: TT World Series findings expected next October
Its been shelved as per MCNs Simon Patterson, also quotes from Laurence Skelly.
“It’s really looking at the potential dilution of the current event. We’ve had excellent growth over the past years, but we believe that there’s still more to come from the local events. Therefore, we need to ensure that, and take care of the local economy, before we look at the World Series and build on that.”
However, the other element of the plans, which will see the organisation of the event handed over to a private firm in return for a licencing fee, instead of the Manx Government running it internally, are apparently still underway, with a new promoter set to be announced ahead of the 2016 event, which gets underway in May.
Also up on http://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-new...s-shelved/
Good news IMHO.
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(This post was last modified: 23-10-2015, 04:06 PM by Smidsy.)
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23-10-2015, 04:03 PM |
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