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While on Saturday about 15 thousand. people should come together for the concert of said artist, K. Žukauskas says that the permit has not yet been issued, because the specified amount has not yet been paid for the opportunity to perform a concert or other additional commercial activities in Kalnų Park. According to the mayor’s advisor, the SEL team revealed that they cannot pay 9 thousand. euros.
„Is SEL going bankrupt? Or do you need advice.
The situation is this: tomorrow there will be a SEL concert in Kalnai Park. With all the prep, stage construction, and demolition, Mountain Park will be busy for three days. In addition, alcohol will be marketed. According to this, the municipal colleagues calculated the fee that the SEL team must pay to the Vilnius budget, around 9000 euros. Previously, a similar amount was not a problem for SEL concerts, now they have not paid yet, so they have not received permission for the concert yet, although the stage is already under construction in Mountain Park today.
Colleagues just spoke with a representative of the SEL team, their version „We don’t have that amount of money, we can’t pay“. Before it was possible, now it is not. They tell us there are 6,500 spectators planning (the ticket price is 35 euros, which means that there is already more than 200k euros of income here), I listened to the market, it is said that more tickets have already been sold.
But the SEL team says they don’t have € 9,000, they don’t offer any solutions (let’s pay after the gig, etc.), they would like a lower fee (although it’s all based on a Council decision, so not much space here to play market negotiations). In a word, he thinks that it is simply possible not to pay the city and that these bureaucrats will not jump here in front of such a star.
But we will try. Now we are writing with colleagues, what to do? Patarkit.
a) Do not issue a permit because the fee has not been paid, the concert would not take place tomorrow. Many grieving souls, but why do other organizers have to pay and can someone adjust the exception themselves?
b) Issue a toll-free permit and steal the pockets of all Vilnius residents: the city would lose 9,000 euros of legal income. For us to get this amount back after the concert, lawyers say, it can be a long and complicated process.
c) Wait until the concert begins and wait for the SEL team to stop playing what they normally play (here again, reliable news from the entertainment market) and as soon as it is convenient to issue a permit.
d) Write a letter to Paris.
If we don’t leave the concert, SEL will yell that the city has banned their show (and at the same time as Capital Days is taking place, we just want to protect our event from competitive concerts). If we let you not pay, you will understand the nonsense.
To do?
<...> I apologize to your fans in advance if the concert does not take place due to the fact that the city will not pay a legal fee. But if you don’t take the loaf of bread out of the store without paying, why should the city give up its free spaces to commercial events?“, Asked K. Žukauskas.
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