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Share Tweet Email. My family never let me do it. But locals have always been a big part of it -- the 10 days of street fairs and costume parties, and the culminating parade, for which 60, crowd the island's downtown.

Listen Listening At its June 20 meeting, the Key West City Commission voted to approve an agreement with Phil Peterson's Key West Poker Run that provides for the city to close off part of Duval Petersons poker run 2020 and the organization to pay for police and fire services during the event.

Florida Keys or Bust! Last year, "one of the [motorcycle] club members came in and demanded that my husband remove a patron simply because she was an African-American woman," she said. It has been on my belt buckle for about 30 years. Click through the photos above.

But a little more than three months before this year's scheduled event, the city of Key West has no agreement with the event organizer. In all, about 1, new rooms are being added or coming back on line after being closed for renovation and rebuilding. But another downtown bar owner, Jessica Mafera of Rumor Lounge, cautioned against bringing back the event. But they're not entering this year. Mark Hedden. The activity of being in the wind, leaning into corners, the sight of a bike, and the very simplistic nature of the machine, all bring joy. But the islands are seeing a flood of new properties open, mostly through renovations and conversions. A new exhibit explores Key West as South Florida's oldest outpost. Photo provided. City commissioners delayed considering an agreement Tuesday night, saying they still had questions about who would be responsible for the impact on the city of thousands of motorcycles. Key West. Commissioners delayed a vote on the proposed agreement with Phil Peterson's Poker Run until the commission's next meeting June View the discussion thread. Violence and involvement by motorcycle gangs was a new problem last year, but commissioners noted that every year Poker Run results in residents complaining about the noise from the motorcycles. He and his friends built elaborate parade entries and won the grand prize three times. Local business owners told the commissioners they rely on the Poker Run for an influx of income at that time. Fantasy Fest started 35 years ago as a way to bring visitors to Key West during what had been the slowest time of the year. According to a Poker Run information page on the shop's website , "all of the yearly occurring events in Key West will happen auto-magically as they do every year. And they're the stand-out bikes of the growing South Florida vintage motorcycle scene. Bikers sign up to draw a card at each of five stops from Miami to Key West, and the best hands have a chance at prizes including a new motorcycle. Diego Saldana-Rojas. But last November the club decided not to participate after finding it was too much work for too little money raised for charity. But he said only about 3, people sign up for that part of it. Peterson told the commission that he could easily cancel the Poker Run itself. Amanda Fisher. An estimated 10, motorcycles cruise down the Keys during the annual Poker Run. Rodrigo Rey del Castillo repairs and customizes mostly motorcycles that predate The machines lack on-board computers, fuel-injection engines, and anti-lock brakes. Drew Peterson of Peterson's Harley-Davidson said he does not yet have a local partner. The Florida Keys have been under a moratorium on new hotel rooms for decades. Weeks after the "Fat Lady Sings" tea dance that marks the official end of Fantasy Fest , Key Westers are meeting to talk about how to change the annual event to limit raunchy behavior and increase creative costuming. The Keys have a total of 15, lodging units, which includes hotel rooms, RV spots and short-term vacation rentals.