A concert by Bruce Springsteen in
Ferrara must go ahead despite calls to call it off in solidarity
with the Emilia Romagna flood victims, Mayor Alan Fabbri said
Thursday, stressing that too much time and effort had been
invested in the event and too many people from all over the
world had booked hotels in the city, which is not in the worst
affected area.
He voiced regret, however, if some people thought that the
Ferrara council was being "insensitive" to the nine lives lost
in the region and the untold devastation caused by the floods
and landslides.
"(The concert must go on) seeing the enormous complexity
involved, it can't be put off or cancelled after involving
thousands of workers, and it has seen flow into the city
thousands of tourists coming from all parts of the world, who
bought an airline ticket, a hotel room for several days and have
been organizing to get here for a long time.
"I'm sorry if some people may have thought that Ferrara has
remained insensitive to the tragedy in Romagna just because it
has not cancelled the concert by The Boss. But I can assure you
that, as former mayor of Bondeno which lived the 2012 earthquake
on the front line, I never asked Italy or the Region to stop
championships, events or company production out of solidarity
towards us.
"First because it doesn't solve anything, apart from creating
other economic damage to areas, workers and businesses which
have invested huge sums to realise the event, and second because
it is a level of demagoguery that is not in may nature".
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