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Field Day Festival chances still slim
“I’m deeply saddened that the county did not choose to be part of this event,” said Riverhead Town Supervisor Robert Kozakiewicz, speaking at a news conference yesterday on the site that would host the concert, featuring big-name acts including Radiohead and the Beastie Boys. “This will be a very positive event for the town of Riverhead. I welcome the county to reconsider its decision.”
But the county said yesterday that the chances the concert might still happen are slim, and representatives for several local law enforcement agencies said they would not be able to help.
Riverhead Chief of Police David Hegermiller has said his small force of 74 officers can’t handle the traffic jams and emergencies that might arise. He said yesterday he would need close to 200 additional officers.
Even if Promotor Dreskin convinced the county to change its mind, he faces other hurdles. On Tuesday, several environmental groups sued Dreskin and Riverhead Town in an attempt to stop the concert, arguing the town didn’t do an adequate environmental review before agreeing to lease the site. The parties are due to meet in court on Friday.
Meanwhile, ticketholders checked Internet message boards and news sites, eager to find out whether the concert would still happen.
Alanna Nolan, 15, from upstate Waterville, already spoke of the concert in the past tense yesterday. The ninth-grader spent weeks baby-sitting and doing other odd jobs to save the $85 for a ticket to see Radiohead. Field Day, she said, would have been her first real rock concert. “I’ve never been to anything big,” she said. “This was really exciting, because I was going to see my favorite band.” [full story, thanks mfkennedy]
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