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Department of JK! Dad Vail to remain in Philly
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Department of JK! Dad Vail to remain in Philly
The Dad Vail regatta, previously slotted to row across the river to Jersey next year, is back having never actually gone anywhere.
Whew!
Press release follows:
Thursday, December 17, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAYOR NUTTER, CONGRESSMAN BRADY: DAD VAIL 2010 WILL BE IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, December 17 â Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Congressman Robert A. Brady, and organizers of the Dad Vail Regatta announced today that the 2010 Dad Vail Regatta will be held in Philadelphia. The announcement was made following a meeting in the Mayorâs Office between Mayor Nutter, Congressman Brady, City officials, and the event organizers.
"Dad Vail 2010 will be in Philadelphia, where it belongs,â said Mayor Nutter. "We never stopped working to bring the Dad Vail back and todayâs announcement is a victory for the young men and women who participate in this event, for the many thousands who enjoy the spectacle, and for all Philadelphians. I want to thank Congressman Brady, Jim Hanna and the Dad Vail organizers, and Herb Lotman who were all instrumental in this process.â
"The Dad Vail Regatta is a Philadelphia tradition and I wanted to continue to work with the Mayor and the DVR board to make sure that this major sporting event stayed in Philadelphia. The effort to keep the regatta in our city was important because it offers our young people the opportunity to compete in the largest collegiate regattas in the country. So it was very important that we continued to talk and work together to ensure that it stayed right here where it belongs,â Congressman Brady said.
City officials announced that the City of Philadelphia and the Dad Vail organizers will seek to reach a multi-year agreement in order to continue to stage the Regatta in Philadelphia. Mayor Nutter and Congressman Brady committed to assist the organizers with identifying potential sponsors. The City of Philadelphia will continue to work with the organizers to identify potential savings and ways to keep costs low, as it does with every potential event host in the city. However Mr. Hanna emphasized that City costs were never a significant factor in these discussions.
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