Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
I'm guessing the working knowledge and connections the ex-ragbrai team has with vendors and partners is going to give them a huge head start this year.
Whichever ride gets the overnight gear support companies, repair shops, and perennial food vendors signed on, will be the one that succeeds.
Right now the new ride not only has a head start, but the Register doesnt have anyone at the starting block.
My thinking too. Almost sounds like this has been in works for a while now in order for all of this to happen so fast.
The whole Carson King talking points thing might just have been a smoke-screen and a convenient excuse for actions that would have happened anyway.
Keep an eye out for formation of a new event production business with familiar names at the helm.
My guess is the Register's parent company legal department is lining up their ducks about now.
Of course, in the end, the facts might show how wrong I am.
But things don't add up right now for me.
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