It is so far: Tomorrow the first concert in the new Joggeli takes place. The up and reduction take ten days for AC/DC Friday; 40 Trucks bring approximately 1500 tons to material to Basel - among other things one enormous stage, two video canvases and their own current generator. The doors to the Joggeli open at 13 o'clock tomorrow.

Basel. It is dragged, hammered, bored, nailed and screwed in the St. Jakob park to Basel. Since the passed Sunday evening the preparations for the first concert run in the new stadium on full speed. On Friday between 25 ,000 and 30 ,000 spectators to the AC/DC concert are expected - ten days last up and reduction of the stage and infrastructure. 300 aids are necessary, in order to load and set up the material from 40 trucks and 15 penalties. Alone the stage weighs approximately 490 tons. 65 meters wide, 20 meters deeply and it is 22 meters high, will be the stage in the Muttenzer curve. Eight columns support the enormous roof of the stage, which must be screwed together only at the soil and be heaved 22 meters upward then with engine strength.

Waghalsige specialist

The specialists of a Belgian company operate there above. They are responsible for the stage and construct for Tuesday. One speaks and one swears in English and French. It is loud, but not hectic. The work into 22 meters height requires concentration, hardly one the worker is secured - hammers and screws without network and doubled soil. Before the stage already is a 40 meter long gangway. That leads from the stage into the center of the stadium. And the workstations before the gangway are desired; who a correct fan is, hopes for proximity to the Idol. And guitar acrobat Angus Young will leave this hope surely not unfulfilled.
At the end of the gangway the mixer and the light direction come to be. Still to the gigantic stand one screws and one screws on. But one can suspect now that also the mixer will have enormously large extents plus landing and roof. Some president or president of a Dorffestivals probably dreams about a stage, which would be at least so large, like the covered structure for the mixers and producers of the AC/DC Show.
And thus it cracks so correctly on Friday, " for it ensures altogether 200 loudspeakers and an amplifier system with approximately 300 ,000 Watts of music performance ", as steam turbine and gas turbine system manager describes Chris Goetz scarcely. And whom ueberraschts: a AC/DC generator produces the necessary juice for the sound, two video canvases, the light during the Show and much more besides; 2000 Ampère the mini power station supplies and belongs to the route equipment to that to tape with. " in Basel that would be not necessary, but in other countries AC/DC must produce the current ", explains Markus Simmen, graduation man with Good News.

Skirt park St. Jakob?

And which holds Simmen of the St. Jakob park as place of event? " we have some problems with the open building method of the stadium. The baking steam turbine and gas turbine system area must be separated with shut-off positions from the remainder, that is here in Basel a larger expenditure than elsewhere. Also the football-friendly proximity of the seats to the football field provides for problems. We have fewer workstation on the field, and we must muster more personnel, around the security of the visitors to ensure ", so Simmen. It is good that the Trucks can drive directly into the stadium, facilitates the structure. At other places one must still in each case reload and drag the material.

It becomes loud

And how will the music sound in the new Joggeli? Because so far still no concert took place, also Simmen can answer the question only on Friday. Tests cannot one sowas. One is however safe: it becomes loud. The legally determined volume boundary is with 103 decibels; a value, with which young of AC/DC already in the past the more frequent problems stated.
Four years are flowed, since in the Joggeli the last large skirt Show went over the stage. The tueroeffnung at 13 o'clock, beginning of concert is effected at 17 o'clock. The appearance of the Hardrocker of AC/DC is not expected however before 21.30 o'clock.

Tom Schmidlin

Original Source : www.baz.ch

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