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If this were a hockey practice, it would be called a flow drill.
While thousands of spectators exited the west end of TD Place after the Ottawa Fury soccer game on Saturday afternoon, thousands more were lined up at the east end to enter the Escapade Music Festival. A bird’s-eye view would have suggested a very organized ant colony at work.
Behind the scenes, work was going on throughout the night Friday to pull off one of the busiest weekends in the history of Lansdowne Park. Friday night was the home and season opener for the Grey Cup-champion Ottawa Redblacks versus the CFL Cup finalists from Calgary.
Once the capacity crowd left TD Place, stadium staff went to work, removing all the CFL and sponsor logos from the field to prepare for the 2 p.m. Saturday Fury game versus New York.
OSEG communications VP Randy Burgess marvelled at the quick transition.
“Today it’s a clean sheet,” said Burgess, speaking as the Fury was about to rally to tie its United Soccer League game 2-2 with a goal in extra time. All night, overnight, the operations crew were out taking off the paint. They wash it, scrub it, take the lines off. Then, after it’s dry, they paint it to get the soccer lines on.”
Mike Cerha, vice-president of venue operations and entertainment, oversees the transition. Some six to eight workers on the graveyard shift operated four machines, turning Friday’s fresh, white CFL logos into green turf again.
“We can go from football to soccer within six hours,” Cerha says. “To back to a full football field is probably two days, because of all the logos.”
Photos: Heineken Escapade 2017 at Lansdowne Park
Changing quickly from football to soccer is no big deal, in this fourth season of having three OSEG teams at Lansdowne — the Ontario Hockey League 67’s, the Redblacks and the Fury.
Managing the Escalade electronic dance concert at 4 p.m. was the challenge. EDM participants were actually allowed in as early as 3 p.m., either into the hockey venue, Aberdeen Pavilion or the grounds east of the stadium.
One of the trickiest juggling acts involved sound management. Lansdowne crews wanted the concert goers to hear their music upon entry, but since the soccer game was ongoing, sound levels were kept low, to about 20-per-cent full volume, so the sounds of the Fury could be heard in the stadium.
“We want them to have a good experience from the moment they walk in,” Cerha said of the Escapade arrivals.
Organizers also juggled liquor licences. The stadium has its own licence, and Escapade had to obtain a separate licence for its operations.
Traffic in the Glebe was not as bad as it can be for Redblacks games. With more than 7,000 fans at the soccer game and an expected 11,000 at Escapade through the evening, the total was actually smaller than the 24,565 at the CFL game on Friday.
Cerha credits the city and OSEG agreement for event ticket holders getting free bus service as a vital component for avoiding chaos on Bank Street.
“Just one of these events could be overwhelming to a site, but because of the transportation logistics plan among us, the promoters and the city, emergency services and public health . . . 95 per cent of the people coming here are using public transit,” Cerha said.
OSEG staff clearly work well with incoming event managers. Cerha was in constant cellphone contact on Saturday with Ali Shafaee, director of partnerships for the Escapade Music Festival.
As of Saturday evening, in ideal weather for the first weekend of summer, the electronic dance concert was running smoothly as police and paramedics surveyed the scene on the sunny grounds of Lansdowne.
But it was early.
Escapade fires up the music again on Sunday afternoon and evening.
wscanlan@postmedia.com
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While thousands of spectators exited the west end of TD Place after the Ottawa Fury soccer game on Saturday afternoon, thousands more were lined up at the east end to enter the Escapade Music Festival. A bird’s-eye view would have suggested a very organized ant colony at work.
Behind the scenes, work was going on throughout the night Friday to pull off one of the busiest weekends in the history of Lansdowne Park. Friday night was the home and season opener for the Grey Cup-champion Ottawa Redblacks versus the CFL Cup finalists from Calgary.
Once the capacity crowd left TD Place, stadium staff went to work, removing all the CFL and sponsor logos from the field to prepare for the 2 p.m. Saturday Fury game versus New York.
OSEG communications VP Randy Burgess marvelled at the quick transition.
“Today it’s a clean sheet,” said Burgess, speaking as the Fury was about to rally to tie its United Soccer League game 2-2 with a goal in extra time. All night, overnight, the operations crew were out taking off the paint. They wash it, scrub it, take the lines off. Then, after it’s dry, they paint it to get the soccer lines on.”
Mike Cerha, vice-president of venue operations and entertainment, oversees the transition. Some six to eight workers on the graveyard shift operated four machines, turning Friday’s fresh, white CFL logos into green turf again.
“We can go from football to soccer within six hours,” Cerha says. “To back to a full football field is probably two days, because of all the logos.”
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Heavy security checks were taking part before festival goers were able to enter the grounds. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Heavy security checks were taking part before festival goers were able to enter the grounds. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Heavy security checks were taking part before festival goers were able to enter the grounds. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Heavy security checks were taking part before festival goers were able to enter the grounds. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
An area was dedicated to the medial personnel for the event. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
The two-day Heineken Escapade 2017 electronic music festival has taken over Lansdowne Park. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa DJ Sheridan Grout was one of the early performers on Saturday afternoon inside the Aberdeen Pavilion. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa DJ Sheridan Grout was one of the early performers on Saturday afternoon inside the Aberdeen Pavilion. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
People danced to Ottawa DJ Sheridan Grout as he performed on Saturday afternoon inside the Aberdeen Pavilion. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
People danced to a DJ performing on the arena floor at TD Place. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
People danced to a DJ performing on the arena floor at TD Place. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
People danced to a DJ performing on the arena floor at TD Place. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Ali Shafaee, the director of partnerships at the Escapade Music Festival and DNA Live. Ashley Fraser/Ottawa Citizen
Changing quickly from football to soccer is no big deal, in this fourth season of having three OSEG teams at Lansdowne — the Ontario Hockey League 67’s, the Redblacks and the Fury.
Managing the Escalade electronic dance concert at 4 p.m. was the challenge. EDM participants were actually allowed in as early as 3 p.m., either into the hockey venue, Aberdeen Pavilion or the grounds east of the stadium.
One of the trickiest juggling acts involved sound management. Lansdowne crews wanted the concert goers to hear their music upon entry, but since the soccer game was ongoing, sound levels were kept low, to about 20-per-cent full volume, so the sounds of the Fury could be heard in the stadium.
“We want them to have a good experience from the moment they walk in,” Cerha said of the Escapade arrivals.
Organizers also juggled liquor licences. The stadium has its own licence, and Escapade had to obtain a separate licence for its operations.
Traffic in the Glebe was not as bad as it can be for Redblacks games. With more than 7,000 fans at the soccer game and an expected 11,000 at Escapade through the evening, the total was actually smaller than the 24,565 at the CFL game on Friday.
Cerha credits the city and OSEG agreement for event ticket holders getting free bus service as a vital component for avoiding chaos on Bank Street.
“Just one of these events could be overwhelming to a site, but because of the transportation logistics plan among us, the promoters and the city, emergency services and public health . . . 95 per cent of the people coming here are using public transit,” Cerha said.
OSEG staff clearly work well with incoming event managers. Cerha was in constant cellphone contact on Saturday with Ali Shafaee, director of partnerships for the Escapade Music Festival.
As of Saturday evening, in ideal weather for the first weekend of summer, the electronic dance concert was running smoothly as police and paramedics surveyed the scene on the sunny grounds of Lansdowne.
But it was early.
Escapade fires up the music again on Sunday afternoon and evening.
wscanlan@postmedia.com
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