Why is there no storage in or near 3arena?

Tomaspls · 30-06-2015 11:16AM #1

Maybe I'm just in aware of it, but why is there no cloakroom in 3arena or even storage lockers near the place? It makes things so inconvinient. I feel someone could run a decent business, just offering that and maybe a small shop or something near the place.
Anyway, from people's experience, where's the best place to put my bag during the show? I have to make a 12 am bus back to Cork.

endacl · 30-06-2015 11:18AM

Same reason there's no cloakroom or storage in other places where only one person thinks they're needed?

Flippant answer, but honest.

Tar.Aldarion · 30-06-2015 11:24AM

Maybe they don't have the space? I doubt that though.

endacl wrote: »

Same reason there's no cloakroom or storage in other places where only one person thinks they're needed?

Flippant answer, but honest.

Everybody thinks they are needed, I hear it from everybody every single time I go, they'd make money doing it.

JJ · 30-06-2015 11:38AM

I can only imagine providing a cloak room for a place the size of The Point would result in a massive cluster**** at the end of any show.

jackofalltrades · 30-06-2015 11:50AM

Yeah a cloakroom would be dead handy.
It's a pox having to carry around a jacket while trying to enjoy a gig.

JJ wrote: »

I can only imagine providing a cloak room for a place the size of The Point would result in a massive cluster**** at the end of any show.

That makes sense.

timmywex · 30-06-2015 12:02PM

If you imagine a standing/seated split show, and lets say 4000 of the standers used the cloakroom (not unrealistic during winter months, seated people don't need it), that's a massive issue at the end of the show if it takes a minute to get an item back to each person - even a massive cloakroom with 40 staff would take ages!

Above all else though it's a license issue I think, curfew is 11 and venue has to be clear by a certain time also, so just not feasible

littleredspot · 01-07-2015 08:36PM

I attended a gig in Holland with 36000 people, they had lockers, never mind a cloakroom!

total former · 01-07-2015 11:21PM

littleredspot wrote: »

I attended a gig in Holland with 36000 people, they had lockers, never mind a cloakroom!

They have lockers at Electric Picnic. It's not a nationality issue, it's a logistics issue, it just wouldn't work in the 3Arena.

littleredspot · 03-07-2015 08:17PM

total former wrote: »

They have lockers at Electric Picnic. It's not a nationality issue, it's a logistics issue, it just wouldn't work in the 3Arena.

They had thousands of lockers instead of a cloakroom as far as I recall.
Wembley arena and NEC Birmingham, both of which have a larger capacity than the 3 arena, have cloakrooms. The old Point Depot had cloakrooms. It's not rocket science to run them efficiently.

Why is there no storage in or near 3arena?

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