Yeah the cannabis cup '04 is in Amsterdam, its around this time of the year i think

In my opinion I doubt the events will have an influence on it going ahead, there is to much money to be made. To be a judge in the main cup tourists have to pay (alot of money) to first become a judge which gives them a card to score the weed on and a badge to say they r a judge. Then I think they get a map with all the coffee shops on where they have to go and pay again for all the weed (you dont get much for the ammount you pay to be a judge in the first place). A friend of mine was in Amsterdam a couple of years ago while the cup was on and every where was rammed full of people.

I've read in a few magazines how the cup has been totally commercialized in the last few years.
But yeah........that is my opinion on why the cup will still go ahead regardless.

Peace