Was the Colorado pro a success?

[240 is Back]

If you went to the show, you got a good seat and got to mingle with the pros like Freeman and Wheeler in attendance.

If you stayed home, you got a free webcast at the highest resolution ever, and BBing.com's Will had it uploaded in under 20 minutes for download.

If you were an IFBB pro and competed, you got the 70k payday split.



Now we'll always have the promoters and the political divides attacking each other here, and it's fun to watch.  But as a bodybuilding fan, it was a good show that we got for free in high quality.  For fans, it was a success. 

[beatmaster]

i think with the sponsor and 75 peoples max (-free tickets), mc and staff, he's not covering ..........

[The.Giant]

to be fair, we have no idea what it was like at the expo.

If the expo was a success then the advertisers were likely quite happy and the show will return.

[corinth]

For the fans it was great. Good lineup,  decent judging and a free webcast that worked pretty good.

For the competitors, if the checks clear, another pay day.

If the attendance was as pathetic as it appears, bad for bodybuildings future.

How can these shows not draw a few thousand people?

[G o a t b o y]

If you went to the show, you got a good seat and got to mingle with the pros like Freeman and Wheeler in attendance.

^ a politically correct way of saying, "there was nobody fuccking there!" 

[Benito Mutumbo]

It was an OK show to watch over the internet.  By the time the night show rolled around...the streaming video was working great.  The amateur portion was going good until they cut away for large chunks of time.  The amateurs were hilarious...where else are you going to see someone pose to the soundtrack of 'Who Shot Liberty Valance?'

And the pro-show was very well done.  Dan & Bob did a solid job MCing the show.  The line up was very solid.

My only complaints were the length of the show, the ridiculous dance group segments, and the inane announcer who babbled on for 3.5 hours.  Otherwise, I was entertained.

[240 is Back]

I'm sure they had a good deal with BBing.com, right?  With that lineup...

Expo booth rent was probably decent, I am not sure how big that was.  And even if the event lost money, fans know that Vyotech and Shawn Ray gave them a top-level competitor show, and there is some goodwill bought with that.  When you look at supps this year, you might remember the VYo name, and you'll certainly remember shawn's face from the show poster, and see it on the product.

personally, i would have given some $ out the backdoor for a melvin/ronnie guest posing, and a little payola to have phil heath pretend to plan to do the show, then pull out with a hammy injury.  2500 tickets sold.  

[G o a t b o y]

For the competitors, if the checks clear, another pay day.

I wonder who will be covering the checks, since it appears the gate receipts can't? 

[WhiteCastle]

I have only seen the pics on here of the expo and in NO pic was there more than 5 people or so.

Those people were the janitors, wandering about because there were no messes to clean up and they had nothing else to do.

[Disgusted]

You guys can stop making fun of Sean's show!!!  It was a packed house. 

[Lift Studios]

Success is all relative. It all depends on how you define it. BB.com handed out over 200 samples on Friday within the first 2 hours of the expo being open.

Tom Tewilliger is the worst emcee in the history of bodybuilding shows. He successfully made an idiot of himself and should never receive an emcee job again.

Don't worry Keith, we spotted you peaking in the convention center. When I find the photo, I'll be sure to post it.

[Disgusted]

Even the balcony was filled.  

[Disgusted]

Success is all relative. It all depends on how you define it. BB.com handed out over 200 samples on Friday within the first 2 hours of the expo being open.

Translation: Vyotech lost their shorts. 

[bigdumbbell]

^ a politically correct way of saying, "there was nobody fuccking there!" 

way politically correct

[dknole]

Tom Twilleger is lucky to be alive...ask him...shady past....

[bigmc]

bodybuilding show and success will never again be featured in the same sentence

[G o a t b o y]

Tom Tewilliger is the worst emcee in the history of bodybuilding shows. He successfully made an idiot of himself and should never receive an emcee job again.

Wow, what did he do?  I only caught like the last third of the show, and yes he was annoying, but no moreso than that british chick who MC's the NY shows.

[bigdumbbell]

atleast this barker didn't suggest the sexual orientation of each of the competitors like that old bag did in ny

[Lift Studios]

Wow, what did he do?  I only caught like the last third of the show, and yes he was annoying, but no moreso than that british chick who MC's the NY shows.

He managed to f' up nearly every class in the NPC portion, laugh at his own jokes, mispronounce names, bring out wrong classes, tell dull and boring stories about himself and frankly annoy the piss out of every one in the audience. He was justifiably booed a couple of times.

He is hands down, no question about it, the worst emcee ever to touch a mic.

[Benito Mutumbo]

He is hands down, no question about it, the worst emcee ever to touch a mic.

Ha  I remember him giving out four Rockies tickets to the first person who could name the first Mr. Olympia.  The guy who won had to come on stage and give more info about Mr. Scott before he could get them.  ha The guy even had to state that Mr. Scott lived in Utah.

[Matt C]

^ a politically correct way of saying, "there was nobody fuccking there!" 

Are you saying that more people attended the 2007 Mr. Thunder Bay? 

[G o a t b o y]

Are you saying that more people attended the 2007 Mr. Thunder Bay? 

If there were more than 100 people at the Mr Thunder Bay, then yes.

[Matt C]

If there were more than 100 people at the Mr Thunder Bay, then yes.

Yep, LOL!!!!!!!!111

Is this your way of saying that the Colorado Pro has been owned? 

[G o a t b o y]

Yep, LOL!!!!!!!!111

Is this your way of saying that the Colorado Pro has been owned? 

Maybe Shawn should move his show from Denver to Thunder Bay?

[Matt C]

Maybe Shawn should move his show from Denver to Thunder Bay?

haha, yeah maybe! 

For real, how many people do you suppose attended the show?  With a good expo, local advertising, and FACEBOOK, there is no excuse for the Colorado Pro not have a fair turnout.