Dixie Chicks Mission Concert promoters are taking the bad with the good as they try to make an even better night-out next time around, despite the widespread acclaim for Saturday's big event.
Mission Estate Winery CEO Peter Holley said yesterday that while the response from people in the crowd of well over 20,000 was mainly positive, he was aware of concerns about such things as excessive queues for loos, booze and food, some expressed directly in emails, or in social media such as facebook.
Some extended the concerns to drunkenness and other behaviour of other concertgoers, smoking, and the difficulty mounting the hillside, and the time taken to get out of the venue afterwards, one claiming it took an hour and 30 minutes.
Mr Holley said he knew there were some people who didn't have the "most pleasant of experiences," and promoters had to take it all "on-board" in the continually changing environment, where "every concert has its differences."
He said that every big event he had been to, including concerts and sports events in stadiums with permanent amenities, had queues, but he added: "I do accept waiting 40 minutes in a queue is too long."