Chicago show venue failures a breakdown

[nvrmnd17]

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[urlcenter]

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[urlcenter]

The negative reviews of this concert venue are still being posted 2 days later and the stories are mind blowing. This morning there is a new story posted on the official Jimmy and the Coral Reefer's FB page from a lawn ticket holder who took one look at the lawn and decided to not even enter the venue. His decision was based on the lawn being flat and the fence that is apparently between the lawn and the seating area.

Now we have walkouts and at least one who didn't even walk in

Geez

[nvrmnd17]

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[nvrmnd17]

Alright let's keep the pressure on. A writer for the Chicago Sun-Times may use my pics in a blog article. My friends and I have been all over social media. This should never happen again.

[chippewa]

Wow, after reading some comments on Jimmy's Facebook page, I can't imagine he would even give this venue a second chance. After all, he pulled out of Toyota Park after they lost power at the end of his show. How about Jimmy in Millennium Park? That would be an awesome downtown venue.

I also can't imagine Live Nation would ever refund money, but I hope I'm wrong about that. I've never known them to be very friendly in the customer service department. Maybe a class-action lawsuit is in order. I didn't attend the show, but I would love to donate to any lawsuit that sues Live Nation / Ticketmaster.

[nvrmnd17]

As much as I know it's a lost cause I'm gonna make some noise. Class Action sounds good to me.

[urlcenter]

As much as I know it's a lost cause I'm gonna make some noise. Class Action sounds good to me.

Interesting enough a Class Action Lawsuit was being discussed on the venue's FB page, not sure how serious the talk is though

[LIPH]

I'll play devil's advocate here. If a class action suit were to be filed, what's the cause of action? People bought tickets to a concert. The concert went on as scheduled. Nobody suffered a loss. Some people left early or didn't go at all but that was their choice. A lot of mud, not much of a slope to the lawn, bad sound, expensive parking. Can you say First World Problems? If I was a judge and someone sued over this I'd fine the attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled righteous indignation. Carry on.

[urlcenter]

I'll play devil's advocate here. If a class action suit were to be filed, what's the cause of action? People bought tickets to a concert. The concert went on as scheduled. Nobody suffered a loss. Some people left early or didn't go at all but that was their choice. A lot of mud, not much of a slope to the lawn, bad sound, expensive parking. Can you say First World Problems? If I was a judge and someone sued over this I'd fine the attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled righteous indignation. Carry on.

When people bought tickets the tickets were with parking included in the ticket price, this was on April 1, 2013 the day tickets went on sale. That same day Live Nation also began offering VIP parking for this event for $30 that had to be purchase separately through Live Nation

On June 26, 2013 the venue published "Day of Event Information" on there Facebook page which indicated that there would be parking fees for anyone who arrived between 2:30 and 4:30 pm. Those fees ranged from $40-$120 depending on vehicle size and specific parking lots, this was not stated back on April 1, 2013 when tickets went on sale. Also the $30 VIP parking fee was increased to $49 after those passes had already been sold out through Live Nation.

Also Live Nation (which owns this venue) stated that concert goers could bring a single water bottle up to 1 Liter in size and a gallon bag of food into the venue. They also said lawn chairs would be allowed on the lawn as long as the chairs were no higher then 9 inches higher, these rules were posted on Live Nation's webpage for this show on 4/1/13. Again when the "Day of Event Information" was published on 6/26/13 all of the above were no long allowed in the venue which left some concert goers anger and confused over what the actual rules for this show were

The lawn conditions alone could lead to lawsuits as the lawn was both unsafe and unsanitary as people began using it as bathroom

[chippewa]

I'll play devil's advocate here. If a class action suit were to be filed, what's the cause of action? People bought tickets to a concert. The concert went on as scheduled. Nobody suffered a loss. Some people left early or didn't go at all but that was their choice. A lot of mud, not much of a slope to the lawn, bad sound, expensive parking. Can you say First World Problems? If I was a judge and someone sued over this I'd fine the attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled righteous indignation. Carry on.

This could be one of those lawsuits you might never win, but hope to agree to a settlement. Live Nation could realize they could never get a jury that wouldn't convict them of kicking puppies, kidnapping Grandma and causing the Gulf oil spill.

[parrothappy]

Read Jim DeRogatis's story today at the attached link:

http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis ... nue-107905

This is as much about greed and back office dealing as it is about concertgoers getting screwed. I live in a Chicago suburb but identify with the City. We met Parrotheads from Windsor, ON, and Michigan at Margaritaville and in the parking lot who came to Chicago to see Jimmy. I am embarrassed that this venue is in my adopted city. I would venture to say that they will NEVER return to Chicago for anything in the future.

[urlcenter]

I needs to be mentioned that a number of the complaints about the lawn condition include people who had clothing and more specifically SHOES ruined by the mud.

In my opinion these folks are entitled to reimbursed for their damaged personal property by this venue

[urlcenter]

If you want to read the large number of complaints about this show or add your own here are some useful links

Live Nation FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/LiveNation

The venue's official FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/FirstMeritBank ... ion=stream

The Official JB Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/jimmybuffett

Yelp reviews of this show:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/charter-one-pav ... =date_desc

[SBParrothead]

Just talked to TicketMaster. Fresh news:

Venue will be handling compensation.

Call 312-540-2668, extension 558

[Hockey Mon]

This stinks. I thought Jiffy Lube was bad but this sounds horrible. I'm sorry to all affected. Chicago seems to do things so well for outdoor things I am very suprised this happened.

[TommyBahama]

I'll play devil's advocate here. If a class action suit were to be filed, what's the cause of action? People bought tickets to a concert. The concert went on as scheduled. Nobody suffered a loss. Some people left early or didn't go at all but that was their choice. A lot of mud, not much of a slope to the lawn, bad sound, expensive parking. Can you say First World Problems? If I was a judge and someone sued over this I'd fine the attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled righteous indignation. Carry on.

When people bought tickets the tickets were with parking included in the ticket price, this was on April 1, 2013 the day tickets went on sale. That same day Live Nation also began offering VIP parking for this event for $30 that had to be purchase separately through Live Nation

On June 26, 2013 the venue published "Day of Event Information" on there Facebook page which indicated that there would be parking fees for anyone who arrived between 2:30 and 4:30 pm. Those fees ranged from $40-$120 depending on vehicle size and specific parking lots, this was not stated back on April 1, 2013 when tickets went on sale. Also the $30 VIP parking fee was increased to $49 after those passes had already been sold out through Live Nation.

Also Live Nation (which owns this venue) stated that concert goers could bring a single water bottle up to 1 Liter in size and a gallon bag of food into the venue. They also said lawn chairs would be allowed on the lawn as long as the chairs were no higher then 9 inches higher, these rules were posted on Live Nation's webpage for this show on 4/1/13. Again when the "Day of Event Information" was published on 6/26/13 all of the above were no long allowed in the venue which left some concert goers anger and confused over what the actual rules for this show were

The lawn conditions alone could lead to lawsuits as the lawn was both unsafe and unsanitary as people began using it as bathroom

i don't know how Live Nation is at Fault , they only distribute the tickets , wouldn't the venue itself be liable , I would figure they are calling the shots , and running the operation

[urlcenter]

I'll play devil's advocate here. If a class action suit were to be filed, what's the cause of action? People bought tickets to a concert. The concert went on as scheduled. Nobody suffered a loss. Some people left early or didn't go at all but that was their choice. A lot of mud, not much of a slope to the lawn, bad sound, expensive parking. Can you say First World Problems? If I was a judge and someone sued over this I'd fine the attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled righteous indignation. Carry on.

When people bought tickets the tickets were with parking included in the ticket price, this was on April 1, 2013 the day tickets went on sale. That same day Live Nation also began offering VIP parking for this event for $30 that had to be purchase separately through Live Nation

On June 26, 2013 the venue published "Day of Event Information" on there Facebook page which indicated that there would be parking fees for anyone who arrived between 2:30 and 4:30 pm. Those fees ranged from $40-$120 depending on vehicle size and specific parking lots, this was not stated back on April 1, 2013 when tickets went on sale. Also the $30 VIP parking fee was increased to $49 after those passes had already been sold out through Live Nation.

Also Live Nation (which owns this venue) stated that concert goers could bring a single water bottle up to 1 Liter in size and a gallon bag of food into the venue. They also said lawn chairs would be allowed on the lawn as long as the chairs were no higher then 9 inches higher, these rules were posted on Live Nation's webpage for this show on 4/1/13. Again when the "Day of Event Information" was published on 6/26/13 all of the above were no long allowed in the venue which left some concert goers anger and confused over what the actual rules for this show were

The lawn conditions alone could lead to lawsuits as the lawn was both unsafe and unsanitary as people began using it as bathroom

i don't know how Live Nation is at Fault , they only distribute the tickets , wouldn't the venue itself be liable , I would figure they are calling the shots , and running the operation

Live Nation owns this venue they posted certain conditions regarding this show and those conditions were changed 3 days before the show happened

[nvrmnd17]

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130701 ... arrotheads

[TommyBahama]

I'll play devil's advocate here. If a class action suit were to be filed, what's the cause of action? People bought tickets to a concert. The concert went on as scheduled. Nobody suffered a loss. Some people left early or didn't go at all but that was their choice. A lot of mud, not much of a slope to the lawn, bad sound, expensive parking. Can you say First World Problems? If I was a judge and someone sued over this I'd fine the attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled righteous indignation. Carry on.

When people bought tickets the tickets were with parking included in the ticket price, this was on April 1, 2013 the day tickets went on sale. That same day Live Nation also began offering VIP parking for this event for $30 that had to be purchase separately through Live Nation

On June 26, 2013 the venue published "Day of Event Information" on there Facebook page which indicated that there would be parking fees for anyone who arrived between 2:30 and 4:30 pm. Those fees ranged from $40-$120 depending on vehicle size and specific parking lots, this was not stated back on April 1, 2013 when tickets went on sale. Also the $30 VIP parking fee was increased to $49 after those passes had already been sold out through Live Nation.

Also Live Nation (which owns this venue) stated that concert goers could bring a single water bottle up to 1 Liter in size and a gallon bag of food into the venue. They also said lawn chairs would be allowed on the lawn as long as the chairs were no higher then 9 inches higher, these rules were posted on Live Nation's webpage for this show on 4/1/13. Again when the "Day of Event Information" was published on 6/26/13 all of the above were no long allowed in the venue which left some concert goers anger and confused over what the actual rules for this show were

The lawn conditions alone could lead to lawsuits as the lawn was both unsafe and unsanitary as people began using it as bathroom

i don't know how Live Nation is at Fault , they only distribute the tickets , wouldn't the venue itself be liable , I would figure they are calling the shots , and running the operation

Live Nation owns this venue they posted certain conditions regarding this show and those conditions were changed 3 days before the show happened

got it!!!!