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Originally Posted by Nefeli
^ but they had the resort functioning in slow mode, didnt they? that must have saved some money.
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Everything inside the pavillion was closed, except for the supermarket that was briefly open at seemingly random times.
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Originally Posted by Glice
1000 tickets? That really is ambitious. Who has the money for that at Christmas? In the summer, maybe. Well. You're probably right then. The only thing I can think is that they were getting some revenue from the mobile massage stand and did a bit of creative lying.
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I don't think money is the problem, probably more getting the time off work/school. For a lot of people it's even cheaper to stay over for 100 pounds than it would be to travel back and forth to where they live. The people I met there were all from Scotland, Manchester, Birmingham, Paris... nobody from Taunton or Weston-super-Mare.
I wouldn't be able to fly back and forth for that money and even if I'd gone back and forth to London then the costs of travelling and accomodation would've been a lot more than 100 quid, not to mention the bands I got to see for that money...
I don't know, maybe 1000 people is ambitious, but I spoke to a lot of people who'd been up for the whole marathon if it weren't for work/study obligations and the likes. Plus, most ATP visitors have to travel hundreds of kilometers to get to Somerset.
Anyway, I had a great time. I don't really care if ATP lost money or made profit from that week.