[Dave Ficacci]

Lets just say they reopen the fields. Now you have more people showing up than normal to get to run two races on one weekend (remember maple grove divisional and open a few years ago with 140 stockers on the same weekend.)
Think about the cluster F that would cause giving everyone 1 time run, plus alcohol and running the entire race on Thursday...
Most certainly they would not finish in time, and schedule the remainder of the race for Friday morning. Imagine the bitching you would have from people that show up on Friday and only get one time run instead of the usual 2.

I wasn't even there and I agree with closing the field.