A six-day circus of more than 350 events — hotel soirees, beach blowouts, concerts and, of course, nonstop club nights both official and fringe — the conference is taking over spots in Miami and Miami Beach from March 20 to 25. Planners expect 40,000 people from more than 60 countries to attend.
"Graffiti artists are really good at taking over spots society has forgotten about - it could be a place that's in a transitional period between being used by a company and being knocked down, an old abandoned factory or an old quarry - and reacting to the environment.
(The league has veto power over spots that run during the Super Bowl).
The Obama administration has been exasperated for months with the anemic leadership and constant bickering of the council, which is often far more caught up in fighting over spots on travel delegations than in creating an effective transitional government.
However, on the streets of Queens yesterday, there were still plenty of confused and impatient riders, fighting over spots in the vans and livery cabs, desperately searching for parking spaces near subway stations and navigating two- and three-legged trips.
Of the 40 players still fighting over spots, none of wing Ugo Monye, scrum-half Joe Simpson, props Tim Payne and Paul Doran-Jones, or flanker Robshaw have featured in either of the first two warm-up Tests, suggesting they could be among those to miss out.
