caveAllen wrote:
I signed up yesterday for Ironman Canada. I loved the Penticton course but the monopoly the town has on the event is far over reaching. For all those that say WTC is greedy I couldn't disagree more. It was the businesses in Penticton that were greedy wanting a 7 day event vs a 5 day event. Last time I did Ironman Canada I stayed at the days in. You can rent the room I was in for $65 a night any day of the week. But we had to pay $259 a night. I just booked my whistler room it is 2 bedroom with kitchen 625 sqft for $179 a night. Nice job WTC.
As for the sell out I believe it will be wrapped up by this weekend.
You obviously haven't been following many threads not just about the WTC farce in Penticton, or others about such things as "have the WTC jumped the shark"........Its your opinion that the WTC doesn't stand the sniff test.....they are a corporation concerned with one thing the $$, to argue against that is like arguing that they are all about the "athlete experience"....I hope you enjoy "Whistler"....I hope the event is a success, but don't sugarcoat the WTC, they don't care about anything other than the profit line, if they did IMC would still be in Penticton, but that was "our business decision" to quote Andrew Messick the WTC ceo when asked to confirm that IMC would stay in Penticton long term, at the same time as wanting a yearly $125,000 payment from the city for "rights" to hold the event.
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