Yeah, I don't think those numbers were ever accurate. I remember parking at the Ren Cen, which is next door to Hart Plaza, all three days the first two years. If there were an extra 1 million people in Detroit, a city of about 1million, I think that parking would have been a bit tighter.
Thinking about Detroit's tourism, or lack thereof, it's never been a strong point. Almost everyone that meet that has never lived there, refers to it as "the armpit" of the universe. :( As a former local, it has a lot of character, but I can see how visits might be scared off. If I remember correctly, wasn't Derrick scrambling at the end to confirm those artists? I don't remember any of the fests being particularly well-sorted in advance of the weekend. *shrugs Joel ----- Original Message ---- From: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Aidan O'Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 5:08:49 AM Subject: Re: (313) what's up with the festival?!?!?! Aidan O'Doherty wrote: > DEMF 2000: 1.1 to 1.5 million (over-estimated) > DEMF 2001: 1.7 million > DEMF 2002: 1.7 million > Movement 2003: 630,000 > Movement 2004: 150,000 > Fuse-In 2005: 44,920 > Hmmm I'm not sure how accurate any of those figures is, apart from maybe the last one where they had control over who came in and out of the site. robin...
