PCA SDR

ANNOUNCEMENT:
IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW AND REGRET THAT WE MUST ANNOUNCE THAT SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET, INC. IS CANCELLED. THIS IS A DEVASTATING TURN OF EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE ART COMMUNITY, OUR VENDORS, OUR INVESTORS, AND US. SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET. INC. WAS OUR PASSION, AND WE ARE STUNNED AND DISAPPOINTED BY THIS UNEXPECTED AND UNJUSTIFIED TURN OF EVENTS.THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET, INC. HAD A SIGNED LEASE FOR THE SOUTH WEST QUADRANT AT QUALCOMM STADIUM AND WAS GIVEN A CALENDAR OF RESERVED DATES BY QUALCOMM MANAGEMENT. THIS IS THE CALENDAR INDICATED ON OUR WEBSITE. THE CALENDAR REFLECTS 38 MARKET DATES FROM JANUARY 2013 TO JUNE 2013. THE JULY 2013 THRU DECEMBER 2013 MARKET DATES WERE TO BE GIVEN TO US IN APRIL 2013, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE 2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR SDSU AND THE CHARGERS.ON 11/16/12 ( A FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEK ) AT 7:30 P.M., THE MANAGEMENT OF QUALCOMM SENT AN EMAIL TO SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET, INC. INDICATING THAT THEY HAD ( WITH NO PRIOR NOTICE) ASSIGNED OUR SOUTHWEST QUADRANT TO OTHER ENTITIES ON 21 OF OUR 38 RESERVED DATES. THE DECREASED NUMBER OF DATES WOULD NOT ALLOW SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET, INC. TO PROVIDE THE CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY THAT SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET, INC. HAD PROMISED ITS VENDORS AND WAS GOING TO BE PROMOTING TO THE PUBLIC.ANY AND ALL SENSITIVE VENDOR MATERIALS IN OUR POSSESSION HAVE BEEN MOVED OFFSITE TO A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX. THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF OUR VENDORS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY THRU THIS ORDEAL. PLEASE SUPPORT US IN OUR EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THIS SITUATION AND RETURN US, OUR VENDORS, AND OUR INVESTORS TO WHOLE.SAN DIEGO OPEN AIR MARKET, INC. HAS CONTACTED AN ATTORNEY AND IS INVESTIGATING ITS LEGAL RECOURSE.UPDATES IN STATUS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BLOG.
http://sandiegoopenairmarket.com/

Well maybe the Legal system can tie this up in Court for Years

JERRY B wrote:ANNOUNCEMENT:
Well maybe the Legal system can tie this up in Court for Years

Maybe the stadium can settle out of court for a few $100,000...
No wonder they dont have money for a new asphalt parking lot.

I feel sorry for the organization and the vendors who participated in this. However, we witnessed the slow, painful demise of the Clairemont Farmer's Market that is (was) organized on South Morena Blvd. this last year. At its inception the Clairemont FM had somewhere north of 40 vendors selling everything from organic fruits an veggies to hand-woven baskets and wind chimes. By December, the number of vendors was down to about 15 or 20, and the selection was pretty sparse. I've frequented Farmer's Markets in the communities O.B., Del Mar, Clairemont, Downtown San Diego, Hilcrest. They all have a different day of the week that they are open. What I observed: it's the same vendors at each of these markets. You can say hello to the fish guy, the organic egg booth, the leafy-greens guy, 4 to 5 times a week if you travel around town. Why someone would want to add another Farmer's Market day ... a weekend day, no less ... is beyond my sense of business.

Let's hope we still have availability to the weekend days for driving events.

JERRY B wrote:ANNOUNCEMENT:
IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW AND REGRET
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UPDATES IN STATUS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BLOG.
http://sandiegoopenairmarket.com/

Well maybe the Legal system can tie this up in Court for Years

If they file their legal papers in ALL CAPS, they WILL be tied up for years.

Bravo!

Craig

That's gotta hurt...

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/11/Qualcomm-stadium-vendors-stiffed/

Dan,
Agreed. I too feel bad for the vendors who plunked down their money and got nothing. However, the event organizers are a different story. I resent that they tried to take almost every weekend away from other groups who use the stadium and/or it's parking lots. Not only that, they wanted to take the west lot, the one most useable for driving events, when they could use the northeast and/or southeast lots, which aren't so useable for driving anymore due to pavement neglect and nails left sticking up above the surface! The Southeast lot is still adjacent to the trolley station like they wanted.
So where were they thinking all the car clubs would race if they took all the dates? They weren't thinking about us at all. We have no other local place to go when they can do their thing almost anywhere, as evidenced by the number of farmer's markets around town ( which I enjoy attending). Racing at the stadium is a part of San Diego's culture and has been for a long time. It's a shame that they would try to remove that from what San Diego is. We're a sports car town.
I say the organizers got what they deserved. Bad karma.
On the other hand......us car club members worked with our hands, on a weekend, to help the City/ Stadium maintain a useable, rentable lot - a service to the entire community. Good karma.
Yup. I'm content with my actions and this outcome. Are they?
Maybe we should help point them to a more suitable site. How about the middle of Montgomery Field? Lots of room for parking. I understand only a few thousand San Diegans use that site as well.......