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Salmon Festival loses again

Published on November 16th, 2009
Published on June 22nd, 2010
Staff ~ Advertiser

The Salmon Festival, Grand Falls-Windsor's summer celebration, has lost money for the third straight year.

The four-day event, which features a huge concert on Centennial Field, lost $46,000 this year. Figures regarding the event were released at last night's town council meeting.

Included in the payouts this year was a $150,000 bill for Akon, one of the concert's major acts.

For more on this story, please see the Monday edition of the Advertiser.

The Salmon Festival, Grand Falls-Windsor's summer celebration, has lost money for the third straight year.

The four-day event, which features a huge concert on Centennial Field, lost $46,000 this year. Figures regarding the event were released at last night's town council meeting.

Included in the payouts this year was a $150,000 bill for Akon, one of the concert's major acts.

For more on this story, please see the Monday edition of the Advertiser.

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    Paul
    - June 28th, 2010 at 14:49:56

    first of all, what are the goals of the Salmon Festival, if its about making money on its own, then this is a problem.

    If its an investment in the town, as a mechanism to bring new money into the economy of GFW...that's another thing...is it worth losing money on the concert to bring money into the town's business sector??

    just asking.

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    Paul
    - June 22nd, 2010 at 16:05:30

    first of all, what are the goals of the Salmon Festival, if its about making money on its own, then this is a problem.

    If its an investment in the town, as a mechanism to bring new money into the economy of GFW...that's another thing...is it worth losing money on the concert to bring money into the town's business sector??

    just asking.

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