This event was a money trap
by AH on 2023-09-06Stade olympique - MontrealLet me put it down in bullet points - venue is overcrowded (people filled the whole venue wall to wall) - music and light were installed only up to 7-10 m from the scene. The rest of the room did not have the immersive experience. Either fill half the venue or add more light and sound to accommodate all the tickets you sold - the VIP ticket - lol the other joke of the night: basically being a VIP means lower waiting time and normal bathroom. VIP attendees were sitting on the ground (back to the corridor wall) when they were tired, not able to see or face the event. There were no speakers up stairs , again as a VIP you were only hearing the echoes of the main event. Additionally only one bar and one bathroom were provided for the VIP ticket owners… how is this possible? Nb: the normal tickets only had portable disgusting bathrooms, not being cleaned during the event. - exits: thousands of people were rushed into one single exit… it took everyone who stayed till the end more than one hour to leave the event. All of this to not hire the right amount of people to help with the logistics. - Normal tickets: around 1 hour to get in the venue, another line to get an additional bracelet for alcohol consumption, extremely long waits for the bar (not enough bars opened), and portable dirty bathrooms to use the toilet… like how is this acceptable ? Please remember that we are talking about the Olympic stadium here ; there are enough bathrooms and exits to accommodate more than 50,000 people. Blocking the exits and keeping only one exit for the whole event to exit, bringing portable bathrooms and restricting access to the built in bathroom, not opening enough bars or more check in desks can only be explained to make more money : sell an over capacity event, and don’t invest on the reauired logistics for the amount of people: the investment was maximum for 20% capacity. I would see people around me at the verge of a panick attack because of all the people … is this normal? How can we - as spectators- make sure this doesn’t happen anymore ?? So much money spent, so little return. Even as a VIP ticket owner. Sincerely, Am electronic music lover