The game in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup played at Bottesford was behind closed doors because we could not afford the security. How can they now afford the security/policing for a potential 10000 attending. They will have to employ personnel to ensure security for that figure and have to pay them!! If only a few hundred turn up those security will still have to be paid. You cannot wait until the day and try and reduce the security personnel when you realise how low the attendance is going to be.
I’ve thought about this particular issue long and hard and, as I said, I sincerely doubt Scunthorpe United FC will be doing more than (effectively) hiring out the stadium to event organisers. The logistics involved in putting on gigs are immense, and the financials leave a margin so thin for the promoter it’s almost not worth doing.
If they are doing more than merely providing the venue, and are organising a festival, underwriting it, promoting it, staging it, running it, then they’d be at serious risk of cutting their own throat in my opinion.
