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Originally Posted by 4X4
Whether the thing flops or becomes a huge success makes no difference to me personally, but as a resident of Calgary, I hope it becomes a big success, like the aforementioned Lilac Festival. I'm not totally up to snuff on all my Calgary history, but I'm willing to bet that in it's infancy, the Lilac Festival was nowhere close to what it is today.?
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Yup exactly - and as it grew the road closures grew to accommodate it. In it's infancy the required street closures were minimal - they only requested additional closures as attendance demanded it - not the either way around.
Right now the Bow River Flow could exist entirely in it's current state without the road closure. If enough people showed up - then fine - next year shut it down.
The Lilac Festival is a perfect example of how it is actually supposed to work. The Bow River Flow didn't follow this model.