WHEN “GATHERING OF NATIONS” IS HELD NEXT YEAR, IT WON’T BE AT UNM’S PIT. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER HOST THE EVENT DUE TO FINANCIAL AND OTHER CONCERNS. WHAT ABOUT EXPO NEW MEXICO AS A POSSIBLE VENUE? GENERAL MANAGER DAN MOURNING TELLS 770 KKOB HE’S ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EVENT’S ORGANIZERS…AND THEY’RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT TINGLEY COLISEUM. HE SAYS EXPO NEW MEXICO HAS 236 ACRES OF EVENT CENTER PROPERTY, SO ORGANIZERS OF THE POWWOW ARE ONLY LIMITED BY THEIR IMAGINATION.
THE PIT HAS HOSTED THE EVENT FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. MAYOR R-J BERRY IS VOWING TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS POWER TO KEEP “GATHERING OF NATIONS” IN ALBUQUERQUE.
