08-07-2004, 11:39 AM
No; every single Queen's student is NOT going to want to go. MANY Queen's students will want to go, but you will be surprised how many won't want to go. Also: Queen's only has 15 000 students; RMC another 2000; ST. Lawrence college ... 5000? If 1 out of every 2 students goes to the show (a huge percentage), that's only 11 000 fans.
Ottawa got a crowd of 30 000 because Ottawa has a million people in it. Kingston has 125 000.
Lastly, no one on this board SHOULD want 30 000 people to be there. 30 000 means more drunken idiots, a bigger mosh pit, more fights, more people there for the wrong reasons, worse parking, worse lines getting in, worse lines at the concession stands, and worse sight-lines. if you get there early, it means the crowd pushing you against the protective barrier is larger and more forceful and more people will get hurt.
We should be hoping that only 10 000 make it; not 30 000.[/quote]
Fair enough. But this also seems like the kind of event where a lot of students will go regardless of whether they like the Hip or not; like I said, it's the day after frosh week/day before classes, one last chance to really kick back before the year starts...Kingston is a wild place during frosh week, throw a Hip concert into the mix and you're looking at real chaos that Sunday.
In terms of parking, meanwhile, no one who can walk to the venue should even consider driving there. Park downtown and walk; it's maybe twenty minutes each way, while the road out to RMC is single lane and is going to be so very, very clogged up before and after the show.
Steve
Ottawa got a crowd of 30 000 because Ottawa has a million people in it. Kingston has 125 000.
Lastly, no one on this board SHOULD want 30 000 people to be there. 30 000 means more drunken idiots, a bigger mosh pit, more fights, more people there for the wrong reasons, worse parking, worse lines getting in, worse lines at the concession stands, and worse sight-lines. if you get there early, it means the crowd pushing you against the protective barrier is larger and more forceful and more people will get hurt.
We should be hoping that only 10 000 make it; not 30 000.[/quote]
Fair enough. But this also seems like the kind of event where a lot of students will go regardless of whether they like the Hip or not; like I said, it's the day after frosh week/day before classes, one last chance to really kick back before the year starts...Kingston is a wild place during frosh week, throw a Hip concert into the mix and you're looking at real chaos that Sunday.
In terms of parking, meanwhile, no one who can walk to the venue should even consider driving there. Park downtown and walk; it's maybe twenty minutes each way, while the road out to RMC is single lane and is going to be so very, very clogged up before and after the show.
Steve