"The olympia was so boring. we left as the men started. there was no one in the audience and bob sucked so bad. the expo was cool. the firehouse was closed. the staff at golds were assholes.
Your friend is a liar and a jerk. Or this is made up. The Olympia was NOT boring at all. The show began with the men after the National Athem was played, and more and more people came in as the contest finals were on. As for the Firehouse, closed? So he 'left' the Orleans Arena, and drove 280 miles to the Firehouse, to find out it was closed at 11:30 at night. Yeah... idiot.
As for no one in the audience, get real. I estimate there were approx 7,000 people in the arena.
The front row seats were empty. Kind of weird, considering its supposed to be the superbowl of bodybuilding. so where were the guests? Do you mean guests of the people competing?
They were NOT empty at all. The first row is designated for top sponsors, and special VIP people. Rob Wilkins graciously let me sit in one of his seats in that first row for part of the evening (watching the top 10, and getting pictures from a different angle), and not ONE seat was empty then. All of the rows were full. Branch Warren, Kim Oddo, Nicole Wilkins, Rich Gaspari all sat in the second row. In the first row in the middle sat Bob Lorimer, Rafael Santonja, and many others. Yes, they would go backstage at various times to say hello, and to the Green Room backstage (Yes, there is a Green Room) where Joe and Betty Weider were to greet them.
bob, did you by any chance talk to Joe Weider at the olympia? How is he?
Joe took quite a few pictures backstage with a number of the athletes. It was an honour to be able to say hello to him again, and take some of the pics!
