Report: Halifax Businesses Will Welcome METALLICA Fans

May 13, 2011

According to The ChronicleHerald.ca, Tim Crow, who heads RockWorldEast Merchandise Wholesalers Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, says METALLICA's July 14 show on the Garrison Grounds will be "a very important event" for his business, with fans from all over the region expected to come to the attend the gig.

"These are people who have disposable incomes that are coming to town," he says. "These are people that spend their money. And they're METALLICA fans, they're a bit older, so they have money to spend. It's an important event, and it will make everybody in this city money."

"Everyone that goes to a metal concert wears a metal T-shirt of some type," Crow added. "We're not going to sell 30,000 T-shirts. We'll sell a couple of thousand T-shirts over a two-month period.

"The people from out of town will buy a lot of the hard merchandise items. They'll buy clocks, they'll buy wall art and they'll buy posters. The people from Nova Scotia will buy a hat and a hoodie to keep warm. It's going to be a night concert."

The Garrison Grounds have a capacity of 30,000 people. Crow is expecting "close to 25,000 if it's a sunny day. If it's a rainy day, 19,000."

When asked what will sell best in the city during the concert, Crow replied, "I would say booze, No. 1; marijuana, No. 2, and then everything else afterwards."

Tickets for the METALLICA concert went on sale Thursday, May 12 at noon local time and are available at RockTheHill.ca or by phone at 1-877-569-7767. General-admission tickets are $99.50 and there are a limited number of VIP tickets for $199.50. Service charges and taxes will apply to all ticket orders. VIP ticket holders will have access to the front of stage pit, their own entrance and concessions, and the all-important special washrooms.

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