There is a lot of buzz these days on the Royal Wedding. I saw a piece from google yesterday on event insurance for wedding street parties. The text can be found here at Street Party Insurance
Here is what happens when a tent installation goes wrong.
A major disaster was averted when The Kern County Fire Department and the management of the Mojave Air and Space Port ordered the evacuation of the 25 X 50 metre structure. It almost certainly saved lives at the flashy rollout of the Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo just minutes before the temporary structure was destroyed by the wind.
Wind gusts were recorded at the airport in excess of 62 knots (71 mph) . The 25 x 50 metre clear span tent that was erected as a press conference room and hospitality lounge for the media and 800 guests collapsed.
This tent was installed using 4000lb weights every 16?.
Party Tent Collapse Virgin Galactic Rollout
MOJAVE, CA – DECEMBER 7: California Gov. Arno…
Virgin Galactic’s founder Richard Branson threw the event for the Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rollout. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico were at the event but left before the evacuation. In Richardson’s case, just minutes before the evacuation was ordered.Also in attendance were Lindy Brockway, Victoria Principal, Eve Branson along with about 1000 guests and staff. Among those invited were guests that had paid $200,000.00 for tickets on the first flight of SpaceShipTwo.
The party was in high gear when the evacuation was ordered att 7:36 PM. The tent collapsed at 8:12 PM, according Kern County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Cody.
Fortunately the tent was evacuated and guests bussed out before the wind lifted the structure and destroyed two domed hospitality tents.
“Please go to buses”
“At 7:36 p.m. we asked Virgin Galactic’s event management firm to evacuate the structure and two inflatable tents. That was accomplished in an orderly manner,” Witt (The Airport Manager) said in a press release.
“Hundreds of attendees were loaded on buses and the structures were empty when the building collapsed,” Witt said. “As a result, no one was injured.”
Image by michaelnugent via Flickr
According to a CTV news report the local oaf-ficials have decided to spring into inaction. Watch the report video carefully. Apparently there there have been several complaints since 2009 about rowdyness during the stampede. It was also reported that the problem was caused by a couple of known offenders. City council response? Victimize everybody by making them apply for tent permits.
I hope that Calgary city hall is better than Toronto city hall. Here in Toronto it takes city oaf-ficials weeks of tiresome worrying that they will be overburdened by the paperwork. These same people can make issuing a permit into a nine month gruelling ordeal. Of course they need lots of money to do this.
Another item to note is that a large number of people think that a tent can be ordered like pizza using the 30 minutes or it’s free concept. Hmmm….
Image via Wikipedia
As classical Muzak blasted from a loudspeaker, Kelvin Kwong got down on one knee and declared his love for his fiancée, Ashley Tse, in front of a rowdy media scrum. Their engagement party on Valentine’s Day was the inaugural event of a new and aggressively promoted nuptial service at McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong, the first in the world to offer McWeddings. — The New York Times
via Robert Brenner: Ronald McDonald, Wedding Planner.
Only in Hong Kong you say? Here in Toronto we have had expectations of events at under $10.00 per person. Yes it can be done.
The Event Planning Report will do more articles on a shoestring budget.
