Even if it is approved by the Board of Supervisors, the plan could be amended to satisfy the race organizers, who complain that the city has reneged on an earlier agreement, and that other locations would pay far more money upfront to host the race.
Which isn't to say that they don't have fantastic arts complexes like the Bernie Grant Centre, where, on an upstairs balcony, Upfront are hosting their monthly show.
Many cable networks host upfront presentations in March and April, but some have held events this month as the 2012-13 upfront calendar creeps forward.
The networks host "upfront presentations," where No. 1 and No. 2 happen.
Also, NCC Media — owned by Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable — is hosting upfront presentations in six cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and New York, at which executives are discussing a new brand for video offerings, NCC Digital Video.
The president and chief executive for the past seven years, David Zaslav, is a remarkable character who hosts "Upfront" by appearing in a series of filmed clips alongside his head of advertising, theatrically discussing the company's growth on camera in a downtown cafe as if they were part of the acting talent.
There are too many factors that would make the servers' owners uneasy, and there's a good chance of upfront hassle for the "host" home.
In fact, the Time Warner Cable Media unit of Time Warner Cable hosted an upfront presentation Thursday evening at the Time Warner Center; the event followed upfront events sponsored by Time Warner Cable Media in Dallas and Los Angeles.
As for presenting two and a half months before the broadcast networks host their upfronts, Brian Philips, president at CMT, said: "We know everyone's busy.
And Discovery Communications, the cable behemoth that operates channels like Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC, hosted an upfront presentation on Tuesday for its Discovery U.S. Hispanic division, composed of two channels, Discovery en Español and Discovery Familia (Family).
