AdoreAble Pro. Toughman ConAdoreAble Promotions
May 1, 2001
Michael Van Milligen
City Hall
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mr. Milligen,
What do you get when you combine the safety of amateur boxing with the flash of professional
wrestling? The hottest TV cable show every Friday night!
Why would we write the Dubuque City Council members about this? Because this show cannot
come to the Five Flags Civic Center to do a television episode even though this same event has
been done on national TV from Sioux City, Burlington, and are planned next season for Des
Moines.
According to Jamie Blum, the Acting Manager for the Five Flags, the City of Dubuque has a
peculiar ordinance preventing the Original Toughman Contest from being held in Dubuque. No
doubt, the name "Toughman" evokes some sort of mental picture, but are you aware of these
facts?
· The Original Toughman Contest is really amateur boxing (just like they do
it in the Olympics) BUT with shorter rounds and more safetw gear!
-The Original Toughman Contest has the BEST safety record in the world among
ALL forms of boxing.
-The Original Toughman Contest is sanctioned and supervised by the Iowa
Boxing Commission & they will give you a great reference!
The Toughman Contest is now a weekly show on the FX Network (10 EST) and we would love
to do a show from the Five Flags Civic Center.
Please consider this a formal request to consider this issue. Does this need to be a City Agenda
item? If so, we would be happy to make a presentation to the City Council.
We would like to answer any concerns your Council might have as those concerns may not be
reflective of the event the Tougbman Contest has matured into over the past ten years.
I would like to call you early next week to have your input on this issue or in the meantime you
can reach me at the number below.
Sine,ely,
Wendy Dore
President
900 Harry Truman Parkway * P.O. Box 9 *Bay City, Michigan 48707
· Phone (517) 684-8410 *Fax (517) 684-4173 -*