Regrettably, I have seen this stunt for years, pulled off by various promoters.
They setup an event knowing very well that they will never get a full field and then create a hostage situation, keeping all the players prisoners for a ridiculous amount of time.
Lou Figueroa
Unfortunately Yes.
But also think of the sponsor room, who was promissed X amount of days for the event to promise them that business. so format must changed to fulfil that end of the agreement !! Think about the amount of Money the room puts into the event in hopes of a return on that in patronage !!!