Foxes_Trust Posted 17 July 2009 Posted 17 July 2009 My parents had tickets to go see Status Quo when they were supposed to be playing at the bowl. The reason they were told the concert was cancelled was because it was supposed to be a three day event and they could only fill two days so it wasn't worth hosting. Hah! We all knew the real reason was because the walkers is shodily built The Quo concert was a 14k maximum, so could have gone ahead. The reason given to your parents was correct, one of the days was originally charity related & they would have shared the venue set up costs,.without it the one concert wasn't viable and early ticket sales weren't good either, as the club's lack of experience in acting as a venue promoter was clearly showing. Additional to the comments made by Lee Hoos, our understanding is that very few football clubs have benefited significantly from pop concerts & many have suffered losses. The safest way is to hire the stadium out to a promoter to take all the risks, money is then earnt, but not large amounts
bluebeau Posted 18 July 2009 Posted 18 July 2009 he posted that in March 2008 Apologies davieG, I forgot to check the date of posting. However my suggestions are still relevant as the safety of the stadium is a current news item.
davieG Posted 18 July 2009 Author Posted 18 July 2009 As has already been said I just don't understand how standing during football is so forbidden and dangerous as opposed to standing at a gig in the seated areas, then you could get crushes on the pitch, you're allowed to drink during the gigs, people smoke....Us football fans must be all be well rough, hard, vulnerable to kicking off, and liability's, as opposed to people at gigs getting tanked and drugged up.... Well gigs don't have a history of organised violence, stadium wrecking, physical attacks on innocent people, wrecking surrounding streets - it's called reaping what you sow and it's been brought on by the minority to affect the majority like so much in society today. And yet still some people revere and view these thugs with awe and wonder as if they were something special when in fact they were and those who still can't control themselves from violent acts at football matches are total scum-bags Apologies davieG, I forgot to check the date of posting. However my suggestions are still relevant as the safety of the stadium is a current news item. I weren't suggesting it wasn't just that it was written so long ago the person will have forgotten they'd wrote it - leastwise that's how by old posts appear to me.
Matt Posted 18 July 2009 Posted 18 July 2009 Well gigs don't have a history of organised violence, stadium wrecking, physical attacks on innocent people, wrecking surrounding streets - it's called reaping what you sow and it's been brought on by the minority to affect the majority like so much in society today.And yet still some people revere and view these thugs with awe and wonder as if they were something special when in fact they were and those who still can't control themselves from violent acts at football matches are total scum-bags I weren't suggesting it wasn't just that it was written so long ago the person will have forgotten they'd wrote it - leastwise that's how by old posts appear to me. I'll give you the other things you have listed but i've seen innocent people get abused and shoed in at gigs, It kicked off after the Oasis gig at the Ricoh last week, 14 people arrested and a riot broke out at the end apparently, surging forward, police dogs and riot vans everywhere apparently.
Ultra Posted 18 July 2009 Posted 18 July 2009 Strangely enough, I bet Gaunty forgot to mention that in the Sun...
davieG Posted 18 July 2009 Author Posted 18 July 2009 I'll give you the other things you have listed but i've seen innocent people get abused and shoed in at gigs, It kicked off after the Oasis gig at the Ricoh last week, 14 people arrested and a riot broke out at the end apparently, surging forward, police dogs and riot vans everywhere apparently. Well there was a period of time when it was happening at football matches every week, I doubt gigs come anywhere near that.
Matt Posted 20 July 2009 Posted 20 July 2009 Presumably currently we couldn't hold a Boxing fight either? I doubt it would pull that many people in anyway but the Rendall Munroe has always said he wants to fight at the Walkers hasn't he? As I said I doubt that fight would get the many people attending and we wouldn't get anyone that big fighting there no doubt, but would that be allowed under our current stadium regs or would it be classed and need the same regs as a concert?
Lillehamring Posted 20 July 2009 Posted 20 July 2009 I'll give you the other things you have listed but i've seen innocent people get abused and shoed in at gigs, It kicked off after the Oasis gig at the Ricoh last week, 14 people arrested and a riot broke out at the end apparently, surging forward, police dogs and riot vans everywhere apparently. that was probably at the refund queue
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