National Western
I recently traveled from my home in Utah to attend the draft horse events at the National Western. This is arguably one of the pre-eminent events for the draft horse. The display of horses and horsemanship was the most spectacular I have ever seen. You are to be congratulated on being able to attract such a wonderful event and to have such excellent participation, by such a high caliber of exhibitors. You would be right to proclaim that if you haven’t seen the draft horses at the National Western “you ain’t been nowhere and you ain’t seen nothin’.”
HOWEVER, why in the world can’t you clean the hall. The floors in the stands are filthy and that’s giving you the benefit of knowing that the facility had been used a lot in the last two weeks. It did not appear that any cleaning beyond basic emptying of the trash receptacles was done from day to day.
As a matter of fact it didn’t appear that the stands and the concourse had EVER been cleaned. A pressure washer at Costco is only about $150, and you could probably purchase it for much less. GET one or two or ten and use them.
Your show can’t stand another year without your cleaning the place up.
And oh the restrooms, that was another indignity that we visitors had to endure. Why no hot water during the show? And clean them hourly, if not at least daily. Install more dryers, install paper towels, fix them up and keep them clean.
Just because the show deals with farm animals, the hall doesn’t have to resemble a barn. Come to think of it, I’ve been in barns that are lots cleaner.
Fruit Heights, Utah
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