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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kevin Rawlinson

Liverpool Eurovision venue crowd congestion ‘unacceptable’, report says

The M and S Bank Arena.
The M&S Bank Arena. Its operator, ACC Liverpool, said it ‘immediately revisited and revised our layouts and processes in relation to crowd flow’ after the incident in November 2022. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Crowd congestion at the Liverpool venue due to host the Eurovision song contest later this year was not acceptable, its operator has reportedly admitted.

ACC Liverpool, which runs the M&S Bank Arena in the city, acknowledged that people had been left in extremely long queues for the bars and toilets, which in turn caused problems for people trying to get into the venue for the sold-out Jamie Webster concert. The congestion got so bad that some fans complained one area felt unsafe, the BBC reported.

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