The Events site on East Meadows has been put up for tender this year. Anyone wanting to make use of this site during the Festival period was invited to tender before 15th January. A decision as to who will get to use the site was supposed to have been made by 10th February. For the past few years the site has been occupied for the Festival by the Ladyboys of Bankok. The news eventually leaked out about 26th February that Underbelly had won the use of the site for the Festival, though some reports say that Philip Gandey, who brings the Ladyboys to the Festival, will appeal the process.
The Council has made the tendering documents available for us to see, so here they are: