Y2KNewswire has a teaser that says:

"Another big bash canceled due to Y2K: Washington D.C."

The link for it is:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/30/019r-123099-idx.html

Unfortunately, I have been unable to access ANYTHING on the Wash Post website since yesterday! Is anyone else having this problem, and if NOT what does this particular article say?

Thanks in advance...

-- (pshannon@inch.com), December 30, 1999

Answers

I read that story this morning from a link at WND....

-- Bob (bob@bob.bob), December 30, 1999.

pshannon--I was able to read the article. It was a big bash musical that was to be held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. The reason for cancellation was cost concerns..people are stayinghome.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), December 30, 1999.

Educational Purposes Only, ----

Headline: "ANOTHER BIG PARTY CANCELLED. Washington's biggest private New Year's Eve celebration--a heavily promoted music and dance party at the downtown MCI Center--was canceled suddenly yesterday, joining numerous other area hotel packages and special events that apparently have fallen victim to cost concerns, Y2K and apathy.

Mike Harrigan, at Shack Events Promotion Inc. of Northern Virginia, declined to elaborate on the decision, saying only that the promoters "unfortunately had to pull the plug." Although he previously had described Capital Countdown 2000 Gala as well on pace to sell out, he acknowledged yesterday that thousands of the $249 and $399 tickets remained. Only weeks ago, the company merged a second party at Georgetown Park into the one planned for MCI Center"

Went on to name 15 or so other big parties either cancelled or downsized.

Virlie

-- Virlie (MstMtnRain@aol.com), December 30, 1999.

By Susan Levine and David Montgomery

Washington Post Staff Writers

Thursday, December 30, 1999; Page A01

Washington's biggest private New Year's Eve celebration--a heavily promoted music and dance party at the downtown MCI Center--was canceled suddenly yesterday, joining numerous other area hotel packages and special events that apparently have fallen victim to cost concerns, Y2K and apathy.

Mike Harrigan, at Shack Events Promotion Inc. of Northern Virginia, declined to elaborate on the decision, saying only that the promoters "unfortunately had to pull the plug." Although he previously had described Capital Countdown 2000 Gala as well on pace to sell out, he acknowledged yesterday that thousands of the $249 and $399 tickets remained. Only weeks ago, the company merged a second party at Georgetown Park into the one planned for MCI Center. -cut-

-- CD (not@here.com), December 30, 1999.