The Sands Hotel (Orange) From Silver Legacy
Previously I blogged about how Street Vibrations 2010 turned into Street Frustrations 2010 HERE.
Sure, there’s a whole bunch of stuff that can go wrong with any major event the size of Street Vibrations and after months and months of hard work the folks running this event know if they just pulled off another stunning performance or if it’s all over in minutes after it starts. Unfortunately it was over before it started…
I wrote a letter to both Reno’s Mayor Bob Cashell and to Randy Burke of Road Shows Inc., who is the event producer. I want to thank them both for a quick response and am sharing the information I received:
Reno Mayor – Bob Cashell via Marcia Morse
Mayor Cashell asked me to thank you for your comments and let you know it was not the City of Reno that changed the format for Street Vibrations.
It was the promoter, Randy Burke with Roadshows. His contact information is: http://www.road-shows.com/contact.php . The City of Reno will be meeting with him soon to discuss this situation and get back to the regular format for next year.
We are sorry that this has happened to a wonderful event and promise to make next year a better year.
Marcia
Marcia Morse
Administrative Secretary to
Mayor Robert Cashell
P.O. Box 1900
Reno, NV 89505
775-334-2001
775-334-2097 Fax
morsem@reno.govRandy Burke – Road Shows Inc.
Thank you for your input about Street Vibrations Fall Rally 2010.
The City of Reno provided us with our downtown Reno layout in January 2010. After five revisions, we agreed to their plan. We had heard from our bikers that they wanted bikes, not vendors, on Virginia Street. We were wrong, shame on us.
We will meet with the mayor of Reno next week to discuss bringing vendors back Virginia Street for 2011.
Best Regards,
Randy Burke
Roadshows, Inc.
admin@roadshowsreno.com
775-329-7469
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I attended Street Vibrations 2009, my first visit to Street Vibes. Loved it! What a deal! Couldn’t believe all of the free food! Upon arrival at Street Vibrations 2010, I was initially disappointed with the lack of free food (Hey! the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!). My opinion changed, however, as the days went on. Rather than just doing the Poker Runs, I also went to many of the live bands. I’d say that 2009 was Food Vibrations and 2010 was Music Vibrations. Spreading things out like you did in 2010 worked well for me. I particularly enjoyed being able to ride in and park on Virginia St. It was somewhat remeniscent of Venice Beach on the weekends: people dancing to guys DJing on his super sound system bikes, with spectators tossing in dollars for those brave enough to strut their stuff. I think that having the vendors on Victorian Square was a great idea! They’re only open during the daytime (I think) and riding over there to see them is just another destination to ride to. I don’t drink in the daytime, so daytime, for me, is time to ride around and the nightime is time to party and hang close to home or the hotel. I look forward to seeing what ya’ll have in store for next Fall. Keep up the good work!