Scottsdale Pavillions Car Show Permanently Cancelled

[Zedder]

Why did they decide to end it?

[CC Rider]

From what I understand, it all came down to expenses.

When Mark Kramer owned the McDonalds, he basically paid for almost everything, including event insurance. Since his passing, two other owners have taken over that McDonalds over the years, none of which had any interest in funding the car show.

That left the landlord to fund it, and did so for a few years. However, a few slip n fall type law suits along with funding extra security to patrol the later hours of stupidness made the show too expensive for the landlord to continue funding it. That's when an event group was hired in 2024 to run it. That group was to eventually fund the show and make money off of running it, which never happened. The late night silliness continued which pissed the landlord off, so they decided to cancel it.

There are more details that contributed to the downfall, but that's for another day.