A fine waiting to happen.

[Tommy Tune]

This is a writeup from the Comcast Entertainment section. I don't think that it can be done but this is what it says :

 

The Boss is coming to town, but he'll have to follow the rules.

 

Mayor Timothy Larson has told concert promoters for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that the town won't grant a waiver of its noise ordinance, The Hartford Courant reported Thursday.

 

Springsteen will perform Sept. 16 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, the new $90 million, 40,000-seat stadium built for the University of Connecticut football team.

 

According to the noise law, the sound outside the stadium parking lot can't rise more than 5 decibels _ a fraction of the volume of a ticking watch.

 

"Bruce's sound is very directional, and he will make sure that the sound doesn't break the law," says Jim Koplik, who booked the show for Clear Channel Entertainment.

 

Springsteen's concert will be the first at the new stadium.

 

Koplik said capacity for a concert is about 34,000

 

 

[Old Steve]

The sound outside the parking lot can't raise 5 db?!? 5db more than what? Silence???

 

Simple solution: Make sure all the semis are parked around the outskirts of the lot and let them run their engines all night. By raising the base level enough it would be totally possible to keep The Boss within 5db of the racket.

 

Smart mayor, BTW. You definitely want big name concerts to avoid your town...you'd hate to have all of those fans flocking into your city and spending money in resturaunts, gas stations, hotels, stores.....etc. Who wants all of that economic stimulation?!? Sheesh.

[Tommy Tune]

Don't seem at all possible to me. Sounds, to me, like the Mayor wants a little loot. Money has a way of ironing out all kinds of problems.

[abzurd]

Boy, football games must be fun!