COLUMBUS, Ind. — The combined fundraiser for the Crump Theatre and the Tony Stewart Foundation that finally was set to happen Saturday has been postponed until Oct. 30 — the Crump’s 132nd birthday — because of a continuing state limit of 100 people at events. The dinner and auction had sold out at 200 people, according to organizers.
The gathering, “Tap Into the ’20s,” was originally slated for December, but was postponed because virus case numbers were climbing in Bartholomew County. Ideally, organizers now say they hope many more people will have been vaccinated by October and that the virus threat will be considerably lessened.
They said ticket holders who can’t make the new date will have their purchase refunded.
The event had been moved from a proposed tent on the Crump grounds on Third Street to the Havoc Sportz building at 4555 Kelly St.
Foundation director Erica Raisor acknowledged that interest in the event still was building when the maximum number of sold tickets was reached.
“We probably could have doubled that number,” Raisor said.
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