Peoria’s Grand Nationals Weekend has been cancelled.
But, the TT races will go on as scheduled. Jay Goldberg Events says in a news release that Grand Nationals events on the riverfront have been cancelled for 2019 due to competing events on race weekend, specifically a new event scheduled for the Sunday following the races.
“Things got a bit more difficult last year with the races being moved from Sunday to Saturday, forcing us to move our bigger concert to Friday night,” said Producer Ian Goldberg in the news release, “and then this year, the Peoria Park District Riverfront division decided to work with another promoter to put a very competitive event on the Sunday following the races, in contradiction of its stated policy of a radius around events protecting them from competition.”
“In addition to adding the competing event, the Park District made unrealistic operational demands like the full event being torn down and cleaned up by 7am on Sunday. Due to these factors, we have decided it was not worth the very significant financial investment and risk to try and force something to work,” Goldberg said.
Goldberg said he hopes this is a one-year hiatus.
Peoria’s TT Races will take place on Aug. 17 at PMC Racepark in Bartonville. Gates open at 8 a.m., with racing beginning around 2 p.m.
