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Title: Few tickets sold for Clinton CNE speech
Post by: bijou on August 30, 2009, 12:28:02 PM
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About 7,000 advance tickets are sold for the 4 p.m. event, a far cry from the 25,000 people expected

 Ticket sales for Bill Clinton's speech Saturday at the CNE have been much slower than expected, forcing organizers to reconfigure the stadium layout and offer fairgoers $5 tickets at the door.

About 7,000 advance tickets are sold for the 4 p.m. event, a far cry from the 25,000 people expected when it was announced two weeks ago.

“I'm the eternal optimist. I thought we were just going to sell like crazy at the very beginning and it looks like we're going to sell more towards the end of this sales cycle,” said David Bednar, general manager of the Canadian National Exhibition. “I can almost guarantee that we will not sell out.” ...
link (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/few-tickets-sold-for-clinton-cne-speech/article1267477/)

Schadenfreude.  :-)
Title: Re: Few tickets sold for Clinton CNE speech
Post by: thundley4 on August 30, 2009, 12:42:36 PM
link (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/few-tickets-sold-for-clinton-cne-speech/article1267477/)

Schadenfreude.  :-)


Where? Where is she?   :thatsright:

They should have invited Sarah Palin.