Taylor Swift’s February concert events on the MCG will pose a “confronting” problem to floor employees, however stadium boss Stuart Fox is assured the floor will once more be match for the beginning of the AFL season.
Some gamers criticised elements of the MCG floor as “slippery and inconsistent” at the beginning of the AFL season following Ed Sheeran’s pair of concert events in early March, however the situation of the bottom handed all league checks and Fox mentioned the excessive strain of changing the turf after the exhibits was price its whereas.
The MCC chief government mentioned it was essential to convey individuals who don’t often attend the MCG to the bottom as he reiterated his curiosity in holding a Test match between India and Pakistan to enchantment to their respective communities in Melbourne.
“Running concerts are always complicated, but running a Taylor Swift concert is going to be even more complicated,” Fox instructed SEN’s Whateley program on Friday.
“It’s just massive. Building the seating plan, we obviously have people on the turf, but it’s really around the stage production – 70 semi-trucks coming onto your ground is quite confronting, and you’ve got six days of set-up, three concerts across Friday, Saturday, Sunday evening, two or three days of pack-down.
“Then you’ve got to replace half the turf at a significant cost, and then we’ve got an AFL season three weeks later.”
Fox mentioned the stadium knew it was taking a danger by holding concert events and not using a roof for defense from moist climate, however the staging of a small variety of large-scale exhibits was the correct match for the MCG.
“We’re not aggressive in the concert business, we like to have two a year, but having the biggest and the best is probably appropriate, and we take a risk obviously with weather, not having a roof,” he mentioned.
“I think (holding concerts) are really, really important. What I love is the fact that people who don’t normally come to the MCG get to experience it.”
He mentioned Indian and Pakistani cricket followers in Australia had been additionally teams he hoped to usher in larger numbers to the MCG and expressed assist for a Test match between the 2 nations to be held on the MCG if Cricket Australia agreed.
“I think it’s been mooted, but I don’t know how active, it’s really probably a question for (CA boss Nick Hockley),” Fox mentioned.
“I would just love to see another India-Pakistan game here, a Test match would be fantastic. “Imagine playing a series here, you could just fill this place three or four times over.”
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