Imagine this: half a million people at a Marko Perković Thompson concert at Zagreb’s Hippodrome, and nobody knows how it will even be organized! Yes, you read that right. The best-selling concert in Croatian history, and details about security, traffic, and evacuation are still a mystery. While in other cities and countries massive concerts are planned months in advance with clear plans and coordination of all services, in Zagreb there is total chaos.
In Modena, Italy, for Vasco Rossi’s concert, they organized 30 extra trains, closed streets, and created special zones for emergency services. Meanwhile, in Zagreb, there is still no basic information about traffic regulation. Medical staff don’t know who will be on duty, police and organizers are not coordinating, and the mayor and interior minister give contradictory statements. All this just 11 days before the concert!
For comparison, the Bijelo Dugme concert in Belgrade in 1987, with 70,000 tickets sold, had 3,000 police officers and 1,000 stewards for security. In Modena, all services coordinated for months before the event, and in Munich, for Helena Fischer’s concert, 5,000 parking spots were arranged along with shuttle transport. Even free concerts with millions of attendees, like Rod Stewart’s in Rio de Janeiro, have detailed evacuation plans and closed streets.
So what do we have in Zagreb? Complete uncertainty and disorganization. Will half a million people come to the concert without any plan? Will there be a total collapse? This is not just a concert; it’s a test for the city administration and all responsible services. If you think this is just another story about poor organization, think again. This is a potential chaos that could endanger the safety of hundreds of thousands of people.
So, while we wait for someone to finally release a plan, feel free to drop a comment below and say — are you ready for the biggest concert without a plan in history? Or maybe you have a better idea on how to organize this? Either way, this will be a topic people talk about for a long time, maybe even remember as the biggest organizational fiasco. Just hoping no tragedy happens, right?
