Ravalli County waives road-use fee for Victor car show; commissioners press for written contracts after fairgrounds cancellation dispute

At its April 28 meeting the Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners approved a road-use agreement and fee waiver for an upcoming Victor car show and instructed county staff and the event organizer to document future event cancellations in writing and to follow the fairgrounds' cancellation fee policy.

Gina, who identified herself as the event organizer for the Victor Days/car-show events, described the proposed car show and its local purpose: she said the multi-day Victor celebration has grown from about 3,500 attendees in an early year to roughly 6,500 over two days last year, and organizers want to add a classic truck show on Tudor Street this year. “We had about 3,500 people that attended,” Gina said of the event’s first year; she later said the two-day event drew “roughly 6,500 people.” Organizers…