Re: Clear Channel vs Office Of The Mayor

[aread@speakeasy.net]

Maybe...maybe not.  Several Fenway residents came to a hearing on the issue (as reported by the Herald) and said they didn't want concerts blaring into their homes all the time.  Some shook their fists and demanded respect because they'd been there for thirty years.

Of course, Fenway has been there for more than twice that...so I say those dumbf**ks who think Fenway Park makes too much noise should up and move.  It's not like the Red Sox had the cloaking shield up on the Park the day they signed their first lease or anything.  These people remind me of the folks who moved to Concord and complain about airplane noise.  No wonder you got a house for a buck you moron - you're next to the AIRPORT!!!!

What should happen - and I'm really disappointed it didn't - was that BU should be building the Harry Agganis Arena (where the old Armory was) to accommodate a hefty amount of people...like 20,000...and then hold concerts in there.  It's enclosed, it's largely underused during the summer, it's not inconvenient to Storrow Drive and therefore the Mass Pike.   Make sure you build enough parking and you're golden.  But no...only 6200 seats.  How sad.

- Aaron


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Kirk [mailto:rogerkirk@ttlc.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 03:07 AM
> To: bri@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Clear Channel vs Office Of The Mayor
> 
> Tonight on WBZ's 8:00 news, a news item dealt with Clear 
> Channel's announcement of a Bruce Springsteen concert
> (tickets go on sale in a few days) at Fenway Park and a 
> sound bite from woman in the licensing office at City Hall 
> stating that CC had not (as of the time she was taped) made 
> application for a license to hold said concert.  She advised 
> anyone buying tickets to be sure that they can get their money
> back.  She also made oblique references to the fact the 
> concert might possibly not be approved.
> 
> Obviously, we have a very un-informed civil servant totally
> unaware of the resources, power and influence at Clear 
> Channel's beck and call.  
> 
> I certainly wouldn't want to be in her shoes.  Please, forgive her, 
> Father - she knows not of what she speaks.
> 
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