The “let event continue if threat is not in their area” bit is definitely sus though
Could also be a measure to not cause a mass panic and have more people getting trampled to death at the exits. Venue exits are some of the nastiest chokepoints at overbooked events.
OTOH, if you already have so many people in the place that they get squeezed to death in front of the stage, letting things go on seems like a bad option, too.
if people are getting crushed and there is no acknowledgment that creates a larger panic than if an artist on stage tells people to stand the fuck still and pick up anyone who falls. people aren't that dumb where they hear crush then immediately go as fast as possible to the exit; because they are already in the crush and know that will make it 10x worse. it only gets bad if its a fire or they feel like no one is helping
Could also be a measure to not cause a mass panic and have more people getting trampled to death at the exits. Venue exits are some of the nastiest chokepoints at overbooked events.
OTOH, if you already have so many people in the place that they get squeezed to death in front of the stage, letting things go on seems like a bad option, too.
if people are getting crushed and there is no acknowledgment that creates a larger panic than if an artist on stage tells people to stand the fuck still and pick up anyone who falls. people aren't that dumb where they hear crush then immediately go as fast as possible to the exit; because they are already in the crush and know that will make it 10x worse. it only gets bad if its a fire or they feel like no one is helping
for example https://youtu.be/BXaGp2SIbeY?t=110