The futures market has shown very little if any impact from the announcement, and that's good.

BSE is not contagious. If it had been a contagious disease, like hoof and mouth disease, we'd have a disaster.

The only thing that has changed is new government regulations.

We had been up about 500 tickets sold per performance and we were down Thursday night. The tornado watches hurt us. But overall I am pleased.

We are excited to have the opportunity to host such a great event. It gives us a chance to show off our city. It will good for local businesses as well.

We want every one who can to come out and support our teams. Since we are the host we have teams already pre-qualified to participate at this stage in recreational basketball action.