Berlin's Love Parade axed again

[Conservativesux]

Berlin's Love Parade axed again

April 22, 2005




Berlin's Love Parade has been cancelled for the second year in a row, after organisers failed to secure funding for the dance event.
Organisers say Germany's ailing economy made it difficult to secure essential corporate sponsorship.

They hope to revive the July event in time for Germany's hosting of the football World Cup in 2006.

The parade began as a small techno rave in 1989 before growing to attract up to 1.5 million people at its peak in 1999.

"We will do everything we can, in co-operation with the city-state of Berlin, industry and the media, to find a way to make a comeback the year of the World Cup," said Sabine Bremermann of the Love Parade.

City officials blame the parade's management for the event's cancellation, claiming they failed to move with the times.


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/4471857.stm

[orpupilofnature57]

1. You cannot keep duplicating an event, they come from ambiguous

elements, that make no sense until after the event.Institutions on the other hand depend on management, which unfortunately is always predictable, greed driven.

[Kellanved]

2. well

The management is really bad - they had Samsung close to sponsoring the gig, but botched it with a blatant lack of professionalism.

Of course the city is not really interested in it either, as the parade used to cause massive costs, with very little gain.

[slor]

3. yummy...hedonism...

why ax it?

[Conservativesux]

4. I agree. Sounds like a lot of fun to me!

[saltpoint]

5. Berlin is a wonderful city. This parade sounds like fun.

I hope someone coughs up some bucks to sponsor it.