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Cleveland Air Show Cancelled; Sequistered?

Bill JordanBill Jordan Member Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 2013 in General Discussion
$7.000.000 minimum in reve. lost
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  • cce1302cce1302 Member Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's too bad, but I didn't know it was federally funded.

    I went a few times as a kid...always enjoyed it.
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  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    That probably doesn't come close to the cost of fuel to fly the aircraft there and to house the air crews and maintenance personnel for those planes. There's catering on top of that along wit all the other airshow attractions. The sequester is a bunch of BS.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sequest closings and cutbacks are punishment on ordinary Americans for not bowing to allahbammer
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  • pogybatepogybate Member Posts: 3,150
    edited November -1
    Yep, cancelled in Vermont too, Air Force Thunderbirds were supposed to put on a show. Bummer
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news local/2013/03/25/federal-budget-cuts-cancel-cleveland-air-show

    Federal budget cuts cancel Cleveland Air Show

    The News-Herald via Associated Press Published: March 25, 2013 4:04PM

    The 2013 Cleveland National Air Show scheduled for Labor Day weekend has been cancelled because of federal budget cuts.

    Government sequestration slashed the budget of the Department of Defense and Aerospace Industry public air shows, including flyovers, jump team demonstrations and aerial demonstrations, according to a news release posted online Monday afternoon.

    "After considering the effect this will have on programming, attendance and the financial viability of producing a 2013 event, the Executive Committee of Cleveland National Air Show Inc. Board of Trustees made the decision to cancel this year's Air Show," Executive Director Chuck Newcomb said. "Though regrettable, this action is viewed to be in the long term best interest of the Air Show, the city of Cleveland and the valued fans that annually attend the event."

    A Cleveland staple since 1964, the air show has attracted 60,000 to 100,000 people to Burke Lakefront Airport and brings in more than $7 million in economic impact to Cleveland, according to the release.

    Newcomb also thanked the vendors, sponsors and fans who have supported the show over the years.

    "It is their efforts and community involvement that has made the Air Show a Labor Day Weekend tradition in downtown Cleveland for half a century," Newcomb said.
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The same with the Langley AFB air show in Hampton, VA, which dates to the 1940's.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    sequest closings and cutbacks are punishment on ordinary Americans for not bowing to allahbammer



    Bingo
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 21,974 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wonder if it'll be cancelled in Salinas, CA?
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  • hobo9650hobo9650 Member Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gotta pay for Biden's somehow.
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hobo9650
    Gotta pay for Biden's somehow.

    I never even knew he owned a somehow.
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  • 1BigGuy1BigGuy Member Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I beleive that the airshow at Fairchild AFB near Spokane has been cancelled as well.
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  • cmancman Member Posts: 276 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yep cant spend money you don't have and i really like the ctown airshow
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