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K6AER

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RE: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #135 on: November 05, 2017, 05:23:59 PM »

While working for one of the Vendors at Xeina we had the drawing monitor just above our booth. I saw blocks of numbers (400 in size) that never came up. I wonder if the ticked numbers were sold in sequence.
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W3HR

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RE: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #136 on: November 30, 2017, 01:47:39 AM »

Many grassy areas were heavily rutted and muddy and they reported over 300 vehicles had to be hauled out of mud. .... Had DARA picked a proper venue none of this would of happened. (apparently they have not learned much in 50 years)

I said as much on their Facebook page, and was met with: "Nah, it will be alright... (rationalization, rationalization...)"  Also mentioned my concern for total lack of air-conditioning (some of us older and handicapped hams need it).  DARA responded, "There's huge fans in the buildings that provide more than enough "breeze."  Then why did I hear so many reports that the heat was stifling in those buildings, just as I predicted... hummmmm?  At least you could go inside Hara Arena if you needed to cool off.  

Other than they being stubborn, there's no reason DARA can't take the hamfest to a large INDOOR venue... like Huntsville does.  Til then, I'm going to move my yearly trip to a "big hamfest" to Huntsville.

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WB8FOZ

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Re: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #137 on: March 10, 2020, 09:46:37 AM »

RIP:

https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/demolition-most-hara-arena-will-start-soon/DHJqxAWuMQqvbcLclyQtWK/


March 09, 2020
Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer



Michael Heitz, the developer of the Hara Arena property, said Monday that sometime in the next two to three months, demolition of about two-thirds of the tornado-damaged property should begin.

Heitz said he is putting together a legal description of the recently rezoned former entertainment property, with an environmental report and surveys, for JobsOhio. He expects JobsOhio, the state's private jobs creation arm, to put its marketing muscle behind the 130-acre site, to help him find a future user.

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“There’s no chance we’re going to bring back Hara Arena,” Heitz said, anticipating a question he says he hears often. “People have been after me. ‘When are you going to reopen that?’ There is absolutely no chance at all that we’re going to bring back Hara Arena. There’s just no market for it.”

In fact, the familiar arena section of the property will likely have to come down, due to the destruction wrought by the tornado.
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N6MST

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Re: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #138 on: March 10, 2020, 09:57:53 AM »

Posting on a 3 year-old thread with an irrelevant news story? Hmm....
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WB8FOZ

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Re: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #139 on: March 10, 2020, 10:14:19 AM »

Posting on a 3 year-old thread with an irrelevant news story? Hmm....

Err, why start a new thread when there's one that's directly on topic?

As for irrelevance, to me it appeared to be dead center.  YMMV, of course.

I don't shed lots of tears for Hara's buildings, but I did have lots of fun at Hamventions there (& now at Greene) every year since 1970.

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K6AER

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Re: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #140 on: March 19, 2020, 10:19:29 PM »

Why does anyone think just because the HARA buildings were damaged in a tornado that hams would notice. Ever use a HARA restroom?
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N9FB

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Re: Hamfest Damage Report
« Reply #141 on: March 28, 2020, 05:15:10 PM »

Why does anyone think just because the HARA buildings were damaged in a tornado that hams would notice. Ever use a HARA restroom?

enjoy: Don’t Cry for Hara Arena -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OKd9pV5W7U
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