Name: PABI cancels the Beaver Island Ice Classic because of unsafe ice, 2012
Start: 2012-02-03
End: 2012-02-03
Location: Beaver Island

PABI cancels the Beaver Island Ice Classic because of unsafe ice, 2012

Also PABI Ice Classic cancellation 2012

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TypeEvent

Date2012-02-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2012-02-03
Kind: Cancellation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingrecreationweathercommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

PABI cancelled the 2012 Beaver Island Ice Classic on February 3 because open water and black patches made the ice unsafe for placing the contest tower. PABI offered refunds to people who had already bought tickets.

Evidence limits

This is a first-party organizer cancellation notice. It does not establish the number of tickets sold, refunds completed, or the exact ice conditions beyond the organizer’s report.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Ice Classic," February 3, 2012.
PABI representative Bob Tidmore says open water and black patches made it unsafe to place the tower, announces cancellation, and offers refunds for tickets already sold. The thread contains no accounting of tickets or refunds.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004572

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Beaver Island Archive, “PABI cancels the Beaver Island Ice Classic because of unsafe ice, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ice-classic-cancelled-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Ice Classic," February 3, 2012..

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