I understand your point. I'm just saying that things don't always stay as you want just because YOU want it that way. Life is about dealing with that.

It's obvious that WCPR prefers to have the fest inside the Coliseum, that they see it as a step up from being on the grounds. They pack the place so it looks like not enough people are deterred by it being inside for it to not draw MORE people inside than it did outside.

Therefore, it's in your best interests to get over the angst that things have changed.

The whole Coast has been devastated and changed by Katrina. 90% of all the landmarks I knew on the beach growing up here since 1958 are gone. I don't like that at all, but I have had to get over it because it's the reality of life. Whether CPR Fest is inside or outside doesn't mean shit compared to that big change.

I know this is kind of a tangent, but my point is that shit changes and you have to deal with that. It really has no tangible effect on your life because, as you said, you're not even here.

The long-term plan for the Coliseum is to build a bigger one out in Woolmarket right off of I-10 anyway. The current Coliseum will be torn down to expand the convention Center and those grounds will probably be mostly turned into additional parking.

You sure wouldn't want an outdoor CPR Fest on a Woolmarket Coliseum grounds. No sea breeze, 15 degrees hotter, LOTS more bugs. So, the Fest will move into a venue that can hold 15,000 and has fewer traffic problems because it's right off of I-10.

The vast majority of concertgoers will see that as a big improvement too. Some won't like it, but most either won't care, or will appreciate getting out of the parking lot faster on I-10 than on Hwy 90.

The Coast has changed a lot since Katrina, it's very depressing how much. People have had to learn to be grateful for what they still have, rather than crying because it isn't exactly the way it was. Those days are gone forever. Highway 90 in Harrison County is almost completely unrecognizable other than Casino Row, somewhat the area between the Coliseum and Edgewater Mall, and a few parts of Gulfport.

Sorry if I'm venting on you here, but I'm trying to give you a little perspective on the bigger picture here. If you can't deal with LOTS of things being different than you remember from before, you may have a hard adjustment to moving back here. Because it's not the same place you left several years ago. And a lot of people have had to leave because they couldn't handle that it's so different. It could be very depressing for you; it is for lots of people.