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Originally Posted by troutman
In private meetings with Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s staff, King cited this problem. The mayor’s aides weren’t convinced of the magnitude. Policy adviser Josh White phoned up LiveNation’s Vancouver office in 2011 to find out the extent of the issue. Low told him the city may miss two to five concerts a year primarily because of the ‘Dome roof’s load-bearing limit, a number which he revised slightly for 2015.
2-5 concerts a year not the end of the world. No Maroon 5? Oh no.
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I'm not going to stand up and say it's a huge issue but it's hard to portray yourself as a world class city when you cannot even accommodate world class concerts as most of the concerts that bypass are always of the large scale big act/event type. Also can't do outdoor concerts at McMahon for the most part because of the noise bylaws. This city is seriously lacking in the major music concert scene. I don't expect Nenshi to shed any tears over this but it is what it is.