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Mankato Officials Prepared For SLIPKNOT

May 14, 2009

According to MankatoFreePress.com, police said SLIPKNOT's May 13, 2009 concert at the Alltel Center in Mankato, Minnesota had sold about 3,000 tickets as of Wednesday morning, fewer than half of the sales for AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BUCKCHERRY's show in February.

Paramedics were caught by surprise with the injuries seen at the AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BUCKCHERRY concert.

"We didn't have a clue," said Jill Norman, coach of operations for Gold Cross Ambulance.

Kris Keltgen, a paramedic who led the SLIPKNOT response team, agreed.

"We were caught off-guard."

Gold Cross' two staff members at the February concert were quickly overwhelmed. Thirty people were treated, and 12 went to the hospital. None of the injuries were life-threatening.

A committee including paramedics, law enforcement, concert security and Alltel officials formed after that concert to prepare for SLIPKNOT.

Fifteen extra staff from Gold Cross were on duty Wednesday night, and set up a six-bed response center in the Alltel's ballroom. Norman said the concert's promoter pays for the extra staffing.

Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital didn't add staff, but the emergency room is always available to "receive patients from any number of incidents or events," spokesman Kevin Burns said.

Read the entire report from MankatoFreePress.com.

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