2024-06-16 00:00:56
**AFPAC IV IS CANCELLED**Yesterday as our team finished setting up our stage and began preparing to rehearse the program for tonight, our venue— the Russell Industrial Center, informed us that they will not permit us to go forward with the event, in breach of our contract with them.
We attempted to negotiate with the property manager but they had already called the police who forced our ~100 person team to leave the premises and threatened to criminally trespass us. They locked the doors with much of our equipment still inside. We will be pursuing legal action against the venue for breach of contract.
Over the last 24 hours we have been working nonstop to put together an alternative venue but on such short notice we have not been able to find a venue that can accommodate our nearly 2,000 guests while guaranteeing your safety and privacy or meeting our standards for an exceptional experience.
We will be in touch shortly with sponsors, AF students, and VIP guests about an exclusive, closed-door event that we will hold later tonight. Watch your email inbox within the next hour for more information.I am sorry to everybody who traveled to Detroit for this event. We will be in contact with ticket-holders about refunds in the coming weeks. We intend to reschedule AFPAC IV at a later date this year.
This is a completely outrageous situation and although it was outside our control, I promise that I will make it up to all of you with an event later this year.
I know you are all disappointed, as am I and my entire team. But we must accept these trials as an unavoidable condition of our struggle.
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