People living near a pop-up fan zone with events on 18 days in a month have raised concerns about noise and people “using the streets as toilets”. Part of Valley Gardens in front of St Peter’s Church, Brighton, will be transformed into an outdoor venue with capacity for 2,000 revellers to watch live screenings of the European Championships football tournament or see live music events. The venue, given the name Central Park, is taking over the site off York Place, Brighton , from June 14 to July 14, and while some events are free, others are ticketed from a minimum of £17.
50 per person. Events are set to finish at 10pm, but during football matches when there are extra time and penalties the bar will close at 10.30pm and the venue at 11pm.
The space was used for fringe events in May and early June (Image: NQ Staff) Residents living very nearby have been notified with a letter, but Maxine Horn, who lives just metres away in Blenheim Place was not. She told The Argus: “The surrounding little streets are used as public toilets. No one is against football and fun but the council events team issuing these licences need to place the noisiest events in non-residential areas or limit opening times to a 9pm cut-off time.
“Placing them in densely populated residential areas where none of the money generated finds its way back into the community it disrupted, is unreasonable.” Others had concerns about the price of the England match screenings and music events. Gemma O’Maho.
