Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions

10:50 am

Mr. Peter Aiken:

No he was not aware. They have held events in the US where concerts were held over five or six nights in stadiums. It was not about greed; it was about making history. This was going to be a fantastic event. One does get caught up in the moment no matter how good one is in business. I got caught up in the moment and I thought it would be amazing. It will never be done again. When I was selling the tickets Bob Doyle was with me on Grafton Street and he saw the queues the length of Grafton Street. When we sold out the three shows an interview was immediately broadcast on Newstalk and the queue was the length of the street. He was on the telephone to Garth Brooks telling him this. The business was there. We were not pushing a cart up the hill when selling the fifth show. We still had demand after selling the fifth show.

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