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Date Posted: 19:07:02 05/20/02 Mon
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> Fuzzman, That is a very accurate scenario. Does anyone expect to go to see shows outside between the 6 months between mid october thru mid april ....I don't think so! Bethel "IF YOU BUILD IT------THEY WILL NOT COME!
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>Town of Bethel Joint Lead Agency for the PAC
>Bethel, NY
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> Dear Bethel Joint Lead Agency I attended the
>Public Hearing on the 14th concerning the proposal to
>erect the PAC on the 37 acre parcel known as the
>original Woodstock site. I had a little speech
>prepared, but chose to sit and LISTEN instead. I then
>took the 4 hour ride home and thought about what I had
>heard. I wish to convey the following, and if you
>please, submit this into any information you have that
>will assist you in making the RIGHT decision.
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> First I wish to submit the following. I am the out
>of towner you wish to attract and attend the concerts
>and shows at the PAC in Bethel. I heard at one point
>during the meeting that this proposed venue is only 90
>miles from NYC. Understand this. I grew up in NYC.
>There are at the very least more then two dozen
>concert halls, arenas, outdoor amphitheatres and the
>like within 25 miles of NYC. I've been to most of
>those places in the 25 mile radius, having attended
>over 150 concerts in my lifetime and I'm still going
>strong. When you live in a place like that, and enjoy
>many types of music and entertainment, it's too easy
>not to take advantage. Now, as a Dad of a teenaged
>girl, I still attend concerts with her. With all the
>shows I've been to, all the acts I chose to see, most
>of them Rock and Roll shows, I have NEVER chosen to
>travel more then 45 minutes to see these shows. Why
>should I. I lived in a place where if you waited a
>while, the act you wanted to see would come closer.
>If you are hoping to attract people from NYC to see
>Pavorati, Brittney Spears, The Three Tenors, the
>Philharmonic, the Who, or anyone else, I highly doubt
>any of these acts would choose to play Bethel over
>playing in NYC, Long Island, or one of the many venues
>in New Jersey. Believe it or not, these acts do
>consider the travel time their fans are faced with.
>They also are more apt to play in a highly populated
>area as opposed to a rural setting. That's not
>snubbing the country, as it were, but just good
>business. These acts ARE a BUSINESS. They want to
>make money, just as you do. They want to attract
>fans, and burdening fans with a lengthy trip,
>especially after the show is over, is not the way to
>do that.
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> Did you see the yellow flyer that was passed around
>at the hearing? This flyer mentioned the automobile
>ad that depicted the man who purchased the $40,000 car
>and drove up to the Woodstock site for the peace and
>serenity it seemed to give him. At one point during
>the meeting, a gentleman stepped up to the mike so to
>speak, and announced that unlike the executive in the
>car ad, he purchased his car right there in Sullivan
>county. That's nice. I ask you this. How many
>people from NYC came up to Sullivan county to pruchase
>their cars? I venture to say none. Why would they?
>They can have their choice of car dealers right in the
>city, just as they have their choice of concert halls
>in the same place. I'm sorry to be so blunt, as I now
>live in a small town also. There are not many people
>coming 'upstate' to do any business. That includes
>seeing a concert.
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> About two years ago, my lady friend purchased four
>seats to the Pepsi Arena in Albany NY. She wanted to
>take another couple we know to see Pavorati. The
>concert was cancelled due to low ticket sales. You
>can contact the Pepsi Arena in Albany to check this
>out if you wish, in fact I'd hope you do. If Pavorati
>were playing in the Madison Square Garden, or the
>Paladium, or the Berne Arena in New Jersey, I can
>assure you any of these venues would be sold out in
>two days tops. I know this. I've seen it happen. I
>spent every year of my young adulthood not only
>attending concerts, but working at a few, and even
>buying and selling tickets. Yes, I confess, I was a
>teenage ticket scalper. For years I made a nice buck
>doing so. It was nice during my college years not
>having to go to a job to make nice money. Illiegal as
>it was, it taught me ALOT about the business. As a
>scalper in the metropolitan area, I would not even
>bother with tickets to even a big event in Buffalo,
>Saratoga NY or Pennsylvania. Not many would want to
>travel from NYC or Long Isalnd to see a show when they
>could wait a month and see it in their backyard. You
>wish to approve a plan to build such a place that is
>just too far away to attract the clientelle you hope
>to woo into Bethel. I just don't see it happening.
>These are the facts.
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> Monticello racetrack is not far away. When the
>track is running, I could see all kinds of business at
>such a place. SEASONAL. That is a word that plagues
>businesses all over the world. Especially when that
>season depends on the weather. I'm sure that some
>people come out in the rain to watch the races but
>let's face it, not as many as when it's nice and dry
>under blue skies. I live near the Saratoga race track
>and go every summer. It's only 45 minutes from my
>home. When it's raining, I choose to stay at home.
>Why should I go out in the rain to see the race, when
>I could wait for a nice day. Let's take the Bethel
>situation. If an act were to coincide with the
>racetrack season, you could hope that the rain would
>not damper, no pun intended, your hopes that the PAC
>would still see business as expected. I recall alot
>of the hotel industry was represented at the hearing.
>If two people were to plan a trip to Bethel, spend the
>day at the track in Monticello, the evening at the
>PAC, and spend the night in a local hotel or B&B, I
>would almost bet they'd be the minority. I don't
>think you'll see alot of that happening and even if
>you did, I highly doubt you'd see repeat customers.
>Bethel, as beautiful as it is just will not attract
>the business for such a place you'd hope it will.
>Hope is a nice word, but it is a gamble. A gamble at
>best. To gamble the appeal of that parcel of land as
>it is now, which is world wide appeal, against travel
>time, the weather, the competition in NYC and the
>metro area is a high stakes gamble with little chance
>for success, and too much chance for disappointment.
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> One of the many, many concerts I've attended was the
>Day in the Garden 30 year Anniversary of Woodstock
>show in the summer of '99. I've got the ticket stub
>to prove it. Why the town of Bethel chooses not to
>allow more of these shows is beyond me. I'd go. Rain
>or not. Because RAIN is a part of Woodstock. Quirky
>as it sounds, it's true. You are probably the only
>township fortunate enough to not have to worry about
>rain putting the so called damper, again no pun
>intended, on an outdoor show in your town. Also I
>wish to mention we stayed over night and spent quite a
>few dollars enjoying the area's appeal. I want to
>tell you, the ONLY reason I traveled the distance was
>because of the pristene condition of that parcel, it's
>history, it's beauty, and the fact that I wanted to
>see the 7 acts that were at the original show on the
>original site, as it was way back when. And I may
>add, I would DEFINATELY go again. But I must add
>also, not if you wish to tear up the property to build
>a structure that is destined to fail to rise to your
>expectations. If you look at this another way,
>allowing more summer shows on the 37 acres of
>historic unspoiled beauty, the local merchants would
>see a yearly boon. Hotels, B&B's, markets,
>campgrounds, gasoline stations, souveneir shops, etc.,
>would all benefit. Tearing up that property would
>surely be the death of it all. Any chance Bethel has
>to reap the benefits this property has to offer would
>be gone.
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> I'm sure you may look at this as a letter from one
>of those out of town people who don't pay local taxes
>and don't have anything to lose by asking to leave the
>site as it is. I say in contrary, leave the site as
>it is and allow it to be USED more often. I can see
>that property bringing in seasonal profits for all the
>local businesses the way it is now. But to dig in and
>tear up to build a structure which will look nice in
>the beginning, will only become an unused eyesore and
>a bad memory built out of concrete, forever reminding
>you of the time you made the decision to destroy
>history, in hopes of creating a future. You can have
>a future. You can start by allowing the beauty of
>that land to be used as Max let it be used. Don't
>ruin the good thing you already have, by building
>something you don't need or won't be able to use the
>way you think you will now. As the saying goes, be
>careful what you wish for, 'cause you may just get it.
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> Sincerely,
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> Lawrence Feola, Granville NY
> also known as 'Fuzzman'
> Repeat visitor to the Town of Bethel
> Tourist, music lover, concert goer
> Woodstock fan.
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