Nowhere else could you see so many jousting knights and medieval portrayals.

But the event never caught on and as the economy got tighter and people got choosier with their discretionary funds, the financial outlook for the event grew dimmer and dimmer.

When the event organizers made arrangements to host the Faire in Knightdale last year, it was already embroiled in legal battles over debts it had incurred in other places.

We advocated against Knightdale’s involvement in an event that seems troubled even at that point.

Town officials have now said the town will not support the event again this year – last year’s support was limited in scale to cleaning up the site and providing traffic control.

The town’s lack of support may be a moot point, however. The events director, Donna Varner-Sheaves, has resigned from the volunteer board that put on the event and other board members say they haven’t discussed holding another event in Knightdale or anywhere else.

For now, the group’s leaders, we hope, will focus on squaring up the organization’s honestly-incurred debts so that no more hosts or participants are left with a bad taste in their mouths.

As Wake County and the larger Triangle continue to grow and bring into the fold a more diverse population, there may yet come a time when there are enough people – with enough extra money to pay to see the show – to make a Renaissance Faire a success.

Until that time, Knightdale officials made the right decision – albeit a year too late – to let the event pass them by.