Ok, so with that in mind...
Have you noticed the age of the people coming to bike week. Most are of the age with children. We are getting a much older crowd now. So they aren't about to leave their kids at home for a week alone.
And if you have ever noticed that historically June has not been a sun month, since the 1990's. I remember two years ago my sump pump was working overtime in June. Same this year.
The Bike week commission has noticed this problem and moved it two years ago to this week. Due mostly to lower numbers. Lower numbers because everyone knows the not-so-joking saying that it always rains on bike week. They are trying to get it out of June slowly. They need to get it out quicker.
This week most likely killed it for many. Many will not show next year because of this years rain. Vendors hate coming here now. But they have no choice really. You certainly don't see Sturgis being held in June. If you need people in off season have it in September after Labor day Still plenty of good riding...
Then again you can almost bet if they did move it to September, it would rain.
I can't help but wonder what the new owners of the Laconia HD are thinking right about now..
Read this WMUR article and lets see if it helped any of the local business much. Maybe a few hotels, but people either came late or left early.
We all know, weather is not really an exact science....in NH.
Better luck next year.
