Shakira And Jason Alden Shows Abruptly Canceled At Fenway Park

WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas reports. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You can't help but feel bad for fans who came
to Boston to see Shakira last night or Jason El
Dean and Brooks and Done today, only to be told
that the shows are canceled because the stage wasn't set
up to standards.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
I got a message just two hours before the concert.
I was so disappointed.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
But you also have to feel for local bars, restaurants
and those betting on a big turn out.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
They were selling shirts, they were selling hots, they were
selling food outside of the Fenny Park, so they were
disappointed as well.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
It actually affected my mom's business as well, because she
works for the company that sets up the concerts. They
had to go in and like undo everything quickly.

Speaker 4 (00:35):
It's not great. It's never good to not have money
excessily for the smaller businesses, you know what I mean
that really depend on things like

Speaker 1 (00:41):
That at Fenway James Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio