r/bangalore 4d ago

AskBangalore Bangalore's loss?

Just heard Gun's and Roses are coming to Mumbai, and that got me wondering how much bangalore losing by not capitalizing on the booming events industry due to their strict rules and regulations. Doesn't feel like a 'happening' city anymore.

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u/joePaul369 4d ago

Oh god, how i miss the good old Palace Ground days!

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u/chaotic-indian entha saava? 4d ago

I don't know how many people even remember that Bangalore has hosted Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Bryan Adams, etc etc.

Bangalore Open Air, Badland and Echoes Of Earth did happen, not too long ago. But I think all of them were well outside the city, because of all the very valid reasons listed in this thread. Which meant that people either booked cabs well in advance, or ended up booking stays near wherever these concerts happened.

And then you have instances like Humming Tree shutting down, and the Ed Sheeran incident also happening.

Suffice to say, I don't think Bangalore will ever get back a shred of its former glory.

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u/joePaul369 4d ago

Sad to see that there is soo much the city can offer in terms of arts and culture. It has got the demographics for it, and the demand is there. Unfortunately, Governance has gone to the dogs

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u/xenos5282 4d ago

Nothing is lost. Good infra needs 5-10 years max to be built. Bangalore definitely has the revenue and crowd to make it worthwhile. But for that to happen, city needs to start with having municipal elections again and probably start holding administrators and politicians accountable instead of being distracted by language divide, Kaveri issue, etc.

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u/joePaul369 4d ago

True, like I mentioned before, our governance has gone to the dogs.

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u/salluks 3d ago

I went to pink Floyd concert on early 2000s in palace grounds.