The complaint regarding access to the property lies rooted in the Vizcaya rules that prevent party organizers from entering the property to set up lighting, stages and food areas until three hours before the event;  a daunting task for any size party and party organizer.

In his comments made to the Herald, Joel M. Hoffman, executive director of Vizcaya, says they’ve increased their efforts to reduce the wear and tear on the Renaissance-styled villa and museum.  In that effort, they’ve raised rental fees each year over the past 10 years.  Hoffman also told the Miami Herald that the pricey fee for early set-ups was to “discourage complicated events”.  The Miami Herald reported that the current base rate for a private evening event at Vizcaya is $12,750, which includes 125 guests.  An extra fee of $25 per person is charged for groups larger than that.  One wonders however if Vizcaya is pricing themselves out of the market and if so, will they be able to continue funding the museum without events such as White Party.

Patterson told the Herald that a change in the 2011 location may help revitalize the event.  In a quote given to the Herald, Patterson says “…28 years into this disease, it’s also time to rethink how to reach out to a younger generation of people who have been impacted by AIDS”.

Care Resource is a non-profit, multi-cultural, community based AIDS service organization rooted from the 1998 merger of the Health Crisis Network and Community Research Initiative.  Care Resource is now South Florida’s oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization serving people in both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.  Care Resource provides services such as medical care, clinical trials and research studies, information and referrals, case management, mental health, a food bank, home delivered meals, and counseling and testing.