This was a turning point after which festival seating was banned in many
places.
Shai Drori
On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> While admittedly somewhat distantly related to the work that we do, I
> wanted to acknowledge that after 36 years the City of Cincinnati has
> placed a historical marker near the spot where eleven died in panicked
> onrush of crowd at a concert by The Who December 3, 1979.
>
>
> http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2015/12/04/cincinnati-mayor-dedicates-memorial-to-79-concert-victims
>
> This was the result of an effort of the Cincinnati Music Heritage
> Foundation, the Bootsy Collins Foundation and Cincinnati mayor John
> Cranley, among others. It is long overdue, and I wish I could've attended
> the ceremony myself. But I'm very glad to see this tragic event
> recognized at last.
>
> David N. Lewis
> Hamilton, OH
>
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