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Old 30 Jan 2008, 15:54 (Ref:2117117)   #1
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Edmonton Race Changes Ownership

The Edmonton Sun reports a change in ownership to a company called Northlands and questions the deal's details, which are not entirely known, but the move is apparently made because the race has lost money over three years.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmo...01459-sun.html
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Old 30 Jan 2008, 16:23 (Ref:2117133)   #2
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Good news. hopefully the new owners will be able to list the event.
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Old 30 Jan 2008, 16:59 (Ref:2117158)   #3
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Northlands is also in charge of running Capital EX - a two week summer festival held at the same time as the Rexall Grand Prix, should be some good synergies there
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Old 3 Feb 2008, 13:50 (Ref:2119693)   #4
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...and this was supposedly one of the more successful venues...

Could someone please just fix this...
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The balance sheet aside for a moment John, Northlands is a pretty capable bunch. If there is a race, it'd be in very good hands. FWIW.
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Old 3 Feb 2008, 14:03 (Ref:2119709)   #6
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...and this was supposedly one of the more successful venues...

Could someone please just fix this...
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The balance sheet aside for a moment John, Northlands is a pretty capable bunch. If there is a race, it'd be in very good hands. FWIW.
Exactly l2loff..But John is never happy..
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LOL Luke, he has his moments I'm sure, just like the rest of us.

In fact, Northlands may very well be the only group up there that can still pull it off, IMO.
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Old 3 Feb 2008, 14:35 (Ref:2119730)   #8
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"Crash" Cameron, the racing writer for the Sun up there, provides some of the other operational details...apparently a big festival separately at the same time they're going to join together with the race in some form.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/Sports/Co...01614-sun.html
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It sounds like a great deal as the grandstand rental costs have been a major issue for many street races, so it helps if they can be used elsewhere in the city for different events. Plus tying it in with the local festival should be great.
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This race has been depicted as a money-maker (or at least break even). It has attracted good crowds - I was simply expressing my disappointment to find that despite that, they still could not at least break even.

Hopefully the new owners will be able to do that.
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That's true John, the Edmonton race has been touted as a success since year one. Success in a weird Willy Loman sort of way I guess.

Oh, and that was as laid back a Super Bowl half time show as we've seen in a long time by the way.
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True on that last one, Last2.....back to the game.
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