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Originally Posted by esquire
I get that the free street party matters greatly to you. But to the city, to ED Winnipeg, the other orgs involved in putting it on, it's a sideshow. It's not like the people working there cancelled all their meetings back in February when the Jets were creeping up the standings so that they could devote manpower and resources to figuring out how to throw the biggest public ragers possible.
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It does not mean too much to me as I am in another city at the moment. So essentially what you are saying is that despite efforts of various government task groups to bring people downtown for most of my lifetime, when an event brings thousands of people together downtown, it is called a "sideshow." Ok makes perfect sense.
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These things tend to develop over time, the first time is always going to be an attempt to feel things out to see what works and what doesn't. Next year I'm sure the process will be smoother and better thought out.
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First off, the Street Party was great until this ridiculous ticket scheme. Secondly, next year the Jets may be eliminated by the first round, or miss the playoffs. That is how the NHL works. Edmonton and Ottawa had playoff runs last season, and were among the worst teams in the league this year. Maybe if you followed hockey, you would realize this may be a one in a lifetime opportunity for people to see the Jets within striking distance of going to the Stanley Cup Finals.
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The reality is that the street party looks the same to TV viewers whether there are 11,000 people there as was the case yesterday, or 25,000 in the last round.
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Not to downtown businesses.
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And if you're EDW or TNSE which is really interested in the PR bang from all of this, you have to ask yourself what the point is of paying to expand this thing to gargantuan proportions when there is really nothing to be gained once the block of Donald from Portage to Graham is full.
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And EDW has failed miserably. Now it has become a PR nightmare as they have all but ruined the grassroots experience of the Street Party.
You are one of the only people from Winnipeg I know that is supporting this ticket scheme. Does it bother you that much to see thousands of your fellow Winnipeggers enjoying themselves?