I am hopeful it will still go ahead, alcohol and hard drugs are a far bigger problem and the police should know this.

The police tried to ban the Boat from doing all-you-can-drink and 20p a pint deals every week because of violence but they failed and the deals continue. All the Wetherspoons pubs in the area are doing 50p a pint on Theakstons and all sorts of other cheap deals, but the police didn't bother to intervene this time.

Newcastle is trying to regenerate itself and we simply need tourism for this to happen. Any big events are welcome and I'm sure the council recognise this. There is quite a lot of money riding on our reputation, the council want to win the capital of culture award pretty badly, it has a 3 billion quid reward and Newcastle are competing with only a few cities left. If these events get cancelled it will be a step back into the gutter for the city IMO, but I am optimistic that they will go ahead. When big events happen in Newcastle our reputation grows, and to be honest how many people in the rest of the country actually heard about that lad dying? It's not exactly worthy of the national news is it.

I believe it is in the city's interests to welcome any event organisers with open arms, espescially after the police and the 2001 Newcastle Love Parade fiasco. The police have ruined enough things around here, bunch of cocksuckers!

The arena license has been granted (its just been on the news)

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Originally posted by Ry_Bo The arena license has been granted (its just been on the news)

Sound now i just gotta book my ticket yipppppeeeee

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Nice one!!! - its about time the fuckin politicians and police who run this country realise that stopping an event wont stop any of the people who were going to attend that event taking drugs on that night or any other.

As mentioned earlier though, because of the high profile nature of the last death, expect a greater police presence this time - if only for show.

PS. the love parade fiasco was a fucking joke! Sort it newcastle!

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The Love Parade cancellation was down to the police and the council. The council didn't have a clue how to organise it and didn't even negotiate with the police how to control the crowds. When they finally did discuss things, a couple of days before the event, the police decided it could not go ahead. Once again police concerns about safety ruined the day.