I just saw that. Its very transparent as to what happened, he can lie all he wants. He didn't pay the $4,500 that he owed from last year (despite collecting $25,000+), so the airport cancelled this year until he paid. He couldn't or wouldn't pay, so he kept last years $25,000+ along with this years $30,000+ and banked $55,000+ for being a bag of shit. All this talk of spending the money on promotions, bullshit. What promotions did he pay for? It was all on forums and word of mouth, he wasn't running national ads on networks.
Let's assume he did spend $5,000 of the money on the event already (trust me he didn't), wouldn't it be reasonable to refund the remaining $25,000 on a prorated basis? He wouldn't even provide proof of payment or say who he paid. He's a lying sack of shit.