Penticton riot makes a comeback!

[southy]

Has anyone seen this wonderful promotion for Penticton on MSN????

http://travel.ca.msn.com/10-canadian-to ... st#image=2

Lest we forget!

[Dawnland]

OMG I just saw msn.com! I got to regale my teen with the cool story of that night.

from the article:

MC Hammer Riot, Penticton, B.C.

Blistering hot temperatures combined with a motley crew of youngsters who flocked to Penticton for Peachfest were the catalyst for a mob that turned an MC Hammer performance into a riot on July 28, 1991. RCMP officers in full riot gear lobbed tear gas at the crowd of thousands as they broke windows and heaved the iconic peach concession stand into Lake Okanagan. Tourism suffered in the years that followed, but Penticton is now a prominent spot on the Okanagan wine route and is a top family summer destination. Even MC Hammer can’t touch this.

The article was accompanied by a beautiful lake picture

link:
http://travel.ca.msn.com/10-canadian-to ... st#image=2

[FSmith59]

lol, take it all from the source.

I'll try to find the link from msn.travel that rated Penticton the #1 travel destination on the planet. It was within the last year.

[FSmith59]

Here ya go...Not #1 in this survey, but I swear I saw one with Penticton at #1.

Still ranked in the top 10 in the world, according to this.

http://travel.ca.msn.com/penticton-bc-n ... tination-6

I live here. And as beautiful as it is, it is not even close to MY top 10 places to travel to.

The world is a big and incredible place.

[Madhue]

I always thought it was funny how everyone speaks of Penticton Riot but for some reason the Kelowna Regatta Riots have dispersed like tear gas in an vacant parking lot??

[fluffy]

Yeah that is odd isn't it ? Maybe stuff like that is more out-of-character for Penticton than Kelowna. Kelowna seems to fight a perennial battle with the boogie-till-you-puke set.

[Madhue]

Yeah that is odd isn't it ? Maybe stuff like that is more out-of-character for Penticton than Kelowna. Kelowna seems to fight a perennial battle with the boogie-till-you-puke set.

Penticton has one, Kelowna has two consecutively and everyone forgets. I've heard other camps suggest its a racial concept, suggesting the discrepancy is the catalyst factor in Kelowna was the Regatta a predominantly 'white' event of sailing and motor boat racing.... the other being a Black Man with baggy paints. cant say I subscribe to the concept but after seeing some of the mockery of the Huntington Beach Riots makes a person think.
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/52626752#52626752

[TMixer]

I always thought it was funny how everyone speaks of Penticton Riot but for some reason the Kelowna Regatta Riots have dispersed like tear gas in an vacant parking lot??

Regatta didn't have MC Hammer.

[southy]

Regatta didn't have MC Hammer.[/quote]

I hesitate in asking this question, but what exactly did MC Hammer have to do with the riot in Penticton? Isn't that kind of like saying the Boston Bruins were responsible for the Vancouver riot?

[ToddT]

I believe what he is saying is that the fact MC Hammer was in Penticton added or continues to add to the publicity of the event.