2024-07-29 04:04:05
Almost 100,000 people visited the two weekend concerts of the British singer Ed Sheeran in the area of the former Králové Hradec airport. The first concert was on Saturday evening and the second tonight, said Anna Vašátková from the co-organizing agency Ameba Production.
The organizers did not notice any major complications, she said on Sunday evening. One of the most outstanding personalities of the current world pop scene performed at the festival in Park 360 in the area of the former military airport on the outskirts of Hradec Králové. Ed Sheeran’s concert on Saturday and Sunday started at approximately 20:15, the star prepared a program for more than two hours.
“An event of this scale was the first in the festival Park 360. The traffic and security situation was handled without any serious problems. On Saturday, paramedics treated about 200 people in the area. It was nothing serious, mostly dehydration or insect bites,” she said on Sunday evening Vašátková.
To make the arrival of visitors as smooth as possible, the fan zone opened at 12:00 on both days and the concert arena at 16:00. Ed Sheeren was accompanied by another music program that was similar to the festival offer. Czech singer Ewa Farna and singer-songwriter Calum Scott performed before Ed Sheeran.
Police officers supervised the flow of traffic and order on the approach roads and in the city. The law enforcement unit and dog handlers were also on standby. The airport is about three kilometers from the center of Hradec Králové, and as expected there were many people and vehicles on the roads between the city and the airport. In the afternoon on both days, lines formed on the arrival routes, the police said.
Concertgoers got to the parking lot at the airport with a pre-purchased parking ticket. There were two shuttle bus lines between the city center and the airport. Czech Railways sent special trains to the concerts.
Thirty-three-year-old singer, songwriter and lyricist Ed Sheeran has won several Grammy awards, Brit Award and other prestigious awards. He last played a concert in the Czech Republic in 2019 at the airport in Prague’s Letňany.