a lot of the ppl that I know went last year are not going this year b/c there wallets got raped. too much money is trying to be made in cash and not by sponsorships. don't understand why an event like this tries to make all the money through cash, if they don't want to report the income just learn how to report it correctly. a friend of mine paid $80 just walking in, parking+admission for him, his woman and kid. dude was out $140 by lunch time than he still had dinner and hotel stay to pay for. he spent close to $500 for just 2 days. there's money to be made by everyone just that too many ppl get greedy and want it all for themselves. if the PD makes their cut on detail they wouldn't harass everyone driving on the coast, get local businesses (food joints) to pay for banners at the event so ppl know places to go eat, have an after party at one of the casino's with a banner (casino will wave the pimp hand at the PD to make sure they have ppl at that event and not broke or in jail), guest DJ for after party (DJs bring ppl to after party), casino's make money by just having ppl in there (either drinks, food, or gambling).