@raid3n - you know one of our volunteer's name is Raiden?
Anyhow, yes, ideally that would be a good idea to let businesses be aware of the event weeks before. We'll know for next time (if we have another meet at Silvercity, that is. As you know meet locations do change every year
). And of course, there will be an upside and downside to this. One downside I can see the surrounding businesses complaining that our event negatively affects their business and image: "Get those street racers outta here!!" e.g. blocked traffic, slow productivity, public use of their washrooms, garbage, noise pollution.
@jas - you're right, moving down a few rows is not a big deal to us (revscene). But it may have been a big deal for BG as agreements were made with silvercity and Vendors/car clubs. BG's Marketing Reputation is important in the industry and by moving down 2 rows.. it is a change in floor plan and a breach of the agreement they had with Silvercity and Vendors. Furthermore, the insurance for the lot was paid for the ENTIRE lot, so this included the 2 rows unused. My guess is that maybe BG did not want to be held responsible for injuries/accidents with the Holiday Inn guests and staff or perhaps, BG simply didn't think it for fair to pay for 2 extra rows we weren't able to use for the event.
As for running back and forth. Normally I don't need to walk around that much to get the job done.. but these RS meets are just getting bigger and bigger. I need a golf cart hahah. Also we do need to invest in more walkie talkies. I found those really, really helpful this meet.