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SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - A three-day music festival in Golden Gate Park in August, which is expected to draw 110,000 people, could be a financial boon for The City, organizers said Thursday.
Forty percent of the tickets for the event, which are $85 for one day and $225 for three days, have sold to out-of-town buyers, according to Gregg Perloff of event-organizer Another Planet Entertainment.
“I live in Los Angeles, and I come up for events like this one,” Leah Johnson said on Thursday, just before the Recreation and Park Commission unanimously approved plans for the festival. “I’m very excited.”
That kind of excitement could pay big dividends for Golden Gate Park, which is guaranteed a minimum $400,000 gift from festival proceeds — and up to $1.2 million if Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival sells out at 60,000 patrons per day, according to Margot Shaub with the Recreation and Park Department.
Since traffic through the western part of the park will be closed, Muni will boost service on several lines, including the 5-Fulton, the N-Judah and the 71-Haight, according to Pacifico Paculba, a Muni scheduler.
At the Board of Supervisors’ City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee on Thursday, Supervisor Carmen Chu addressed neighborhood concerns about parking, security, wear and tear on the grounds and bathroom facilities.
“If there’s slight disruption from the festival, I think [the Sunset district] can handle it,” resident Robert Kowal said.
The festival, the first of its kind in the park, will feature headliners Radiohead, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Jack Johnson.
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Examiner Reader said:
This neighbor has yet to see neighborhood notification or request for comment. Already, the largest daytime events are out of control, they are not a "slight disruption." I just tried to post a comment describing just a little of what goes on, and it vaporized: apparently, we're supposed to put up with it, but not allowed to talk about it.
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Examiner Reader said:
$1.2M is peanuts. The OT cost for the additional Muni service, OT cost for our overpaid cops, cleanup costs, etc, etc. There'll be papers and plastic flying around for months. The noise and traffic! It's as if the 49ers were playing three consecutive games at old Kezar. The boy mayor and the 11 dingdong progressively worthless stupidvisors could care less about the quality of life for SF residents
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Examiner Reader said:
The worst part about this weekend-long concert, are the people that come to San Francisco after spending over $200 on tickets, not prepared with a hotel room and expecting to set up camp right there in the park or the beach or wherever they feel. This city should have set up a temporary campground and charged for it. Let's find ways to make more money from the tourists!
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Examiner Reader said:
Mr Miles (the founder of the California Outdoor Rollerskating Association) has been into his own self agrandisment for many years, all in the claim of what **HE** does for inline skating. Now his true colors show. A significant event that is not under his control is planned and he is saying how evil it is. If he was running it, there would be press releases (like his usual) extoling the virture of HIS work.
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Examiner Reader said:
No meters in the park! Can't we preserve at least one place in SF where time doesn't equal money, where we don't have to watch the clock and can just relax for a while?
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On the Q.T. said:
Regarding Meters in Golden Gate Park: It's predicted that the meters in G.G. Park will generate $250,000. What would be easier? Digging all those holes and nickel and diming families, or cutting $250,000 in the City's wasteful overtime spending?
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Examiner Reader said:
Those involved also agreed not to debate the issue again for five years, according to Andrew Thornley, program manager with the bicycle coalition. Andy, I assume you have now stopped smoking, or at least while you are enjoy Healthy Saturdays in the park right? Oh wait, smoking is already not allowed in the park...you will have to use a patch if you plan to enjoy your Saturdays riding in GG park.
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Examiner Reader said:
This city is heading in the wrong direction when a small vocal group of people can dictate their needs over others. I live near the park and every Sunday I deal with the lack of parking in my neighborhood because of the park closure on Sunday. But that was okay because it only happened on one day of the weekend. It seemed fair. Those wanting to drive into the park with their children, picnic supplies, etc could do so on Saturday. Well I guess that's gone. Thanks for being greedy and assuming your way is the "right" way. And we should all bend to it. Just think about it. Why is one way (closing both days) fair?
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is that ALL he may lose??
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Examiner Reader said:
I also live across the street from the park, 10 minutes on foot from Speedway Meadow,and I also am hearing for the first time about the concert. Depending on wind direction, persistent noise from events is disturbing, definitely NOT "inaudible." Worse, though, the neighborhood traffic and bad behavior is terrible: exactly as the previous poster describes. If people behave so badly in the day, what are they going to be like at night?!? And parking is a serious issue. If the concerts don't end until 10pm, residents can't even go out for the day to avoid them, because there will be no place to park when we come back. I enjoy events in the park, but the bigger they get, the worse they get.
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Examiner Reader said:
I live across the street from the park in the vicinity of the Polo Fields and this is the first I've heard of any concert. I certainly was not part of any "outreach" if there was any. When these events take place the people who live nearby are subjected to noise, trash and property destruction. People scream and yell coming and going, throw crap on the street and trample lawns and flowers; after one of these events a newly planted (and expensive) tree was vandalized beyond saving. You can't go anywhere in your car because you will have no place to park upon your return. They will say they contacted neighborhood organizations and got their blessing but the majority of residents on both sides of the park do not belong to them. Is the PAR getting something out of this because the residents of the neighborhood certainly are not.
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