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demmiblue

(37,727 posts)
Tue May 7, 2024, 03:52 PM May 2024

The balcony (Fox Theatre) at Gunna's show was moving 😳



Viral videos show Fox Theatre balcony bouncing, officials say no sweat

On Tuesday morning, social media was lit up with footage from Monday night's Gunna concert at Detroit's Fox Theatre, which showed the balcony of the nearly 100-year-old building wobbling as fans jumped up and down during the show.

Local concert fans know that's how it goes at the Fox, and venue operators Ilitch Sports and Entertainment released a statement Tuesday saying the balcony was built to flex and withstand such activity, just as it has for decades.

"The type of movement seen at the recent Fox Theatre concert is common and expected on free-standing balcony structures, to support audience members actively dancing, as shown during last night’s concert," the company said in a statement. "This capability is an integral part of the balcony’s structural engineering design. Regular inspections, most recently conducted in April, are completed to ensure the integrity and safety of the structure."

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/05/07/viral-videos-show-fox-theatre-balcony-bouncing-officials-say-no-sweat/73599692007/
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The balcony (Fox Theatre) at Gunna's show was moving 😳 (Original Post) demmiblue May 2024 OP
This OK until it isn't. Sneederbunk May 2024 #1
Good to know. If I ever go, my tickets will not be under or in the balcony. No way. Lochloosa May 2024 #2
bs - sympathetic movement will tear a structure apart...... getagrip_already May 2024 #3
Yikes, I have seen a few shows there... rogerballard May 2024 #4
This immediately brought back memories slightlv May 2024 #5

getagrip_already

(17,002 posts)
3. bs - sympathetic movement will tear a structure apart......
Tue May 7, 2024, 04:03 PM
May 2024

that's why they used to have soldiers break step when crossing bridges. It isn't a joke.

These guys are just whistling past someone else's graveyard.

Unless a structural engineer does a fluoroscopic scan to see if there are any stress cracks, they are just guessing.

rogerballard

(3,675 posts)
4. Yikes, I have seen a few shows there...
Tue May 7, 2024, 04:43 PM
May 2024

Beautiful theater, I saw The Whispers, Al Jarreau, Tangerine Dream, Mamma Mia!, a few others I cannot remember. This would absolutely terrify me. I am not fond of balconies at all and certainly not sitting under them.

slightlv

(3,971 posts)
5. This immediately brought back memories
Tue May 7, 2024, 09:02 PM
May 2024

of the hotel balcony/walkway collapse in Kansas City. No way would I ever sit under a balcony that did that, nor would I want to be sitting IN the balcony, either! The memory of KC Hyatt Regency is just too indelibly imprinted on my brain.

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