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<blockquote data-quote="Lee Douglas" data-source="post: 41825" data-attributes="member: 205">Re: More Outdoor Concert Woes- The AftermathI guess I&#039;m not too surprised by Cheap Trick&#039;s stance on this and would expect more artists to follow suit.&nbsp; And if insuring an event in a temporary structure, the definition of which will have to evolve many times before they get it right, becomes prohibitively expensive they may not get a choice.&nbsp; What I find ironic about the situation is that these are engineered solutions that are catastophically failing and not the tent pole and terrestrial antenna truss covered in quilts nightmares or the speakers on eyehooks, chains and bunjee cords terrors in churches and bars that we typically see so many examples of posted.&nbsp; I guess it could just be the magnitude of the failure or at least the newsworthiness.&nbsp; Part of me likes Rick&#039;s idea of requiring these structures to be inspected by a third party entity like many others.&nbsp; But in the end it&#039;s another set of eyes scrutinizing the structure (which is always good) and, becauses it&#039;s no doubt a local govenment deal, a fee with no liability on the inpectors or the entity they represent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lee Douglas, post: 41825, member: 205"] Re: More Outdoor Concert Woes- The Aftermath I guess I'm not too surprised by Cheap Trick's stance on this and would expect more artists to follow suit. And if insuring an event in a temporary structure, the definition of which will have to evolve many times before they get it right, becomes prohibitively expensive they may not get a choice. What I find ironic about the situation is that these are engineered solutions that are catastophically failing and not the tent pole and terrestrial antenna truss covered in quilts nightmares or the speakers on eyehooks, chains and bunjee cords terrors in churches and bars that we typically see so many examples of posted. I guess it could just be the magnitude of the failure or at least the newsworthiness. Part of me likes Rick's idea of requiring these structures to be inspected by a third party entity like many others. But in the end it's another set of eyes scrutinizing the structure (which is always good) and, becauses it's no doubt a local govenment deal, a fee with no liability on the inpectors or the entity they represent. [/QUOTE]

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