Kim Shreckengost Quotations

If we are given the opportunity to recertify, we are very interested in doing so.

It doesn't necessarily mean it's totally terminated. If they want to discuss it with us again, we'd be open to doing so. ... Obviously we were looking at this from an investment standpoint, so we had to be able to justify a return on the investment.

We do still think weather was a factor, so it could be a factor this time around. But the important thing about our bid is we've got the advantage of having all the venues in physical proximity of each other. . . . So I think that should overcome any concerns people have about the weather. . . . The ice storm really was an anomaly.

We as a committee . . . were disappointed we didn't get 2009 but are ready to go for 2010.

We will fall back on the statement we issued back in December - that we would look at information as it became available and weigh it from an investment standpoint. Other than that, we have no comment.

This was a business decision. They're a profitable business.