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apexonephoto · 1/1/10, 9:12 PM

I do know hotels charge more on weekends and correct me if I'm wrong, but don't hotels charge even more on New Year's Eve.

Also with the skeleton crews working in most retail places with shortened hours, I think it would cause some inconvenience.

Not to mention won't some of the non-race fan hired help possibly have more lucrative jobs to work/plans or expect more pay for a holiday.

I've only been to the last five shows, and would be certain that at least one of them would have been a mid week show. So I checked and 2005 was a Thursday-Friday event, all since have been Fri-Sat, Sat-Sun.

I also fall into the "wife's not into racing so much" category, where I would have to pay and incur the expenses for my whole family to be in Fort Wayne on New Year's Eve. I watched TV last night, was in bed by 1:00 am. But I still couldn't get away with being gone away on New Year's Eve.

I understand some people have to work during the week. I was off on unpaid vacation this year for the past 2 weeks. If I had to work mid week in 2010, at least an early warning would mean many could book vacation time off.

Of course this is only my point of view, based on my current life situation.

1/1/10, 9:12 PM	#8 Re: Poll- What Dates Do You Prefer For The 2010/2011 Rumble In Fort Wayne?
apexonephoto Senior Member Race Count This Year: 8 Race Count Last Year: 35 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,075	I do know hotels charge more on weekends and correct me if I'm wrong, but don't hotels charge even more on New Year's Eve. Also with the skeleton crews working in most retail places with shortened hours, I think it would cause some inconvenience. Not to mention won't some of the non-race fan hired help possibly have more lucrative jobs to work/plans or expect more pay for a holiday. I've only been to the last five shows, and would be certain that at least one of them would have been a mid week show. So I checked and 2005 was a Thursday-Friday event, all since have been Fri-Sat, Sat-Sun. I also fall into the "wife's not into racing so much" category, where I would have to pay and incur the expenses for my whole family to be in Fort Wayne on New Year's Eve. I watched TV last night, was in bed by 1:00 am. But I still couldn't get away with being gone away on New Year's Eve. I understand some people have to work during the week. I was off on unpaid vacation this year for the past 2 weeks. If I had to work mid week in 2010, at least an early warning would mean many could book vacation time off. Of course this is only my point of view, based on my current life situation. _________________________________________________ Last edited by apexonephoto; 1/1/10 at 9:13 PM.