Not to say pro or con but All new players would have to deal with the same issues that WTC has to deal with in Kona. //
Not if their business plan doesn't include squeezing every nickel out of the island that they can. It has been a love/hate relationship over the years there, and to think the island has no qualms or problems with WTC is just naive. In reality I think both should realize they are partners in this thing, and not try and leverage themselves against each other. From what I have seen in the sports history, that usually never works out well for either party. But this is the tip of the spear stuff, and anything can happen.
If it were to change hands, I would love some richer than god person to place a 100 million in an account, with only the interest used each year to insure a big event. So maybe 5 to 10 million seed money forever, and then let the sponsors flock to an event that has anchored itself for the next 50 years..No more venture capital rapists, all trying to sell to be bigger sucker every 5+ years or so. That's my dream for the event, but I'm not a billionaire...
Not if their business plan doesn't include squeezing every nickel out of the island that they can. It has been a love/hate relationship over the years there, and to think the island has no qualms or problems with WTC is just naive. In reality I think both should realize they are partners in this thing, and not try and leverage themselves against each other. From what I have seen in the sports history, that usually never works out well for either party. But this is the tip of the spear stuff, and anything can happen.
If it were to change hands, I would love some richer than god person to place a 100 million in an account, with only the interest used each year to insure a big event. So maybe 5 to 10 million seed money forever, and then let the sponsors flock to an event that has anchored itself for the next 50 years..No more venture capital rapists, all trying to sell to be bigger sucker every 5+ years or so. That's my dream for the event, but I'm not a billionaire...