Note that the previous end of March opening date – which itself had earlier been changed from January 1 – was set while Ted Darcus and Dave Hixson were still running the LCCCA with iron fists.
But who actually had demanded such an unrealistic date? Was it someone from the Penn Square Partners?
Art Morris and Kevin Molloy have done a fantastic job of working under impossible conditions. But the demands which have been placed upon them were clearly not humanly achievable.