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It's unfortunate news, but we have been notified a few hours ago that our permit to display the banner has been denied by the Commissioner of Buildings for the City of Cleveland.
After going through approvals from other city officials it took one guy to shut down the operation.
What they have explained to us is that the material and the size used to create the banner is not of STATE requirements. The banner sits at 70x20 feet and is made of 3m vinyl material which is a Jetflex product. That product is also used on the same exact banner that you see on the Quicken Loans Arena, but they chose to deny ours at the last minute?
We have been scrambling around talking to lawyers and trying to get a hold of City officials to help us get this thing approved for the morning, but there is nothing we can do at this point. They gave us the news so late that everyone is impossible to get a hold of.
Our only miracle chance is that Mayor Frank Jackson steps in and overrides the Commissioner of Building's decision.
So with that said. The banner will not be placed tomorrow morning like scheduled.
What we now have to do is plea on Monday to try to get this banner up as soon as we can. The bad part of the plea is that it may take up to 2 weeks to get approved.
If there is anything anyone can do out there that can help us get this approved please let us know. You members are also welcomed to take actions upon your own hands to see if anything can happen.
WUJU and I will still be at Nick's Bar handing out replica posters and explaining to people why the banner isn't up.
Everyone is welcomed to come along and still watch the game if you want.
It's a big blow to us, but again the banner still has a chance to go up, it's just postponed for now.
I am deeply deeply sorry for the bad news, we did what we could. It just wasn't enough.
After going through approvals from other city officials it took one guy to shut down the operation.
What they have explained to us is that the material and the size used to create the banner is not of STATE requirements. The banner sits at 70x20 feet and is made of 3m vinyl material which is a Jetflex product. That product is also used on the same exact banner that you see on the Quicken Loans Arena, but they chose to deny ours at the last minute?
We have been scrambling around talking to lawyers and trying to get a hold of City officials to help us get this thing approved for the morning, but there is nothing we can do at this point. They gave us the news so late that everyone is impossible to get a hold of.
Our only miracle chance is that Mayor Frank Jackson steps in and overrides the Commissioner of Building's decision.
So with that said. The banner will not be placed tomorrow morning like scheduled.
What we now have to do is plea on Monday to try to get this banner up as soon as we can. The bad part of the plea is that it may take up to 2 weeks to get approved.
If there is anything anyone can do out there that can help us get this approved please let us know. You members are also welcomed to take actions upon your own hands to see if anything can happen.
WUJU and I will still be at Nick's Bar handing out replica posters and explaining to people why the banner isn't up.
Everyone is welcomed to come along and still watch the game if you want.
It's a big blow to us, but again the banner still has a chance to go up, it's just postponed for now.
I am deeply deeply sorry for the bad news, we did what we could. It just wasn't enough.