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"Quote: "The future of Chastain Park Amphitheatre -- an Atlanta institution that draws hundreds of thousands of concertgoers each summer -- remained unclear Tuesday after concert promoters said they don't think they can comply with new noise limits.
" 'It may be an impossible task,' said Rudi Schlegel of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, one of Chastain's two main promoters. 'We will try to conform, but rationally, I don't know how we're going to do that.'
" Schlegel and fellow promoter Peter Conlon, head of Clear Channel Entertainment's Atlanta concert promotion arm, said they expect to pay fines rather than reduce sound levels at the popular outdoor venue to 84 decibels -- the level set Monday by the Atlanta City Council for the 2003 Chastain season."
I so admire the headline for a deft turn of phrase--Music promoters may turn deaf ear to Chastain Park's noise limits --but it doesn't quite represent the strategy of the promotors.
Quote: " 'We're agreeing to a test level knowing it isn't workable,' said Conlon. 'If they had made that 84 level permanent, it would shut Chastain down.'
"He said he hopes to persuade the council before the 2004 season to set a more reasonable sound limit or work out other arrangements."
That's not turning a deaf ear--meant to mean "heedless of the consequences"--so this catchy headline might've been saved for a later occasion (sound ordinances never stop).
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