Jacksonville Jazz Festival a Huge Success

Started by Metro Jacksonville, May 30, 2011, 07:48:26 AM

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MASDjax

#15
May 31, 2011, 04:45:36 PM
Great pictures! Thanks for everyone's comments here. We are continuing to post photos and videos on the Jazz Festival Facebook page www.facebook.com/jacksonvillejazzfestival along with many fans who are also posting theirs as well. We will upload more photos to our website www.JaxJazzFest.com daily as our photographers sort through them. Thanks again for everyone's support!
The City of Jacksonville Office of Special Events is proud to offer low- or no-cost entertainment and educational events to residents and visitors. These events are vital to our community, its ability to thrive, and to be seen as an ideal destination for visitors. www.makeascenedowntown.com

Jaxson

#16
May 31, 2011, 08:40:15 PM
Quote from: hooplady on May 30, 2011, 09:17:49 AM
Love the swirly-swoopy fabric thingies everywhere.

And as MetJax has been saying forever, the solution to the "vagrant problem" downtown is to simply outnumber them.  I presume the same hundred-odd homeless people are still in these pics somewhere, but it's irrelevant when there are several thousand other folks filling the space.

Great pictures...thanks!

I agree 100% because this fits in with what I have been saying for years.  As long as we abandon downtown, we allow the vagrants to dominate by default.  Too many people have been afraid to venture downtown because of some real or perceived fear that they were going to be raped, mauled or killed by some psycho vagrant.  Regular events put people on the streets and create a much different scene for our downtown.
John Louis Meeks, Jr.

Dog Walker

#17
June 01, 2011, 10:26:33 AM
Our urban outdoorsmen were there.  They were just mellowed out and quiet because they could buy and consume booze on the street legally for a change.   ;D
When all else fails hug the dog.

exnewsman

#18
June 01, 2011, 10:55:54 AM
Quote from: fsujax on May 31, 2011, 01:40:05 PM
If any of you rode the Skyway during Jazz Fest, you should make sure to email JTA good or bad experiences.

JTA says there were 7,000 rides taken on the Skyway during the 2 1/2 days of the Jazz Festival. I wonder how many of those were for the first time and what those impressions of the Skyway were?

fieldafm

#19
June 01, 2011, 12:15:35 PM
QuoteJTA says there were 7,000 rides taken on the Skyway during the 2 1/2 days of the Jazz Festival. I wonder how many of those were for the first time and what those impressions of the Skyway were?


Considering the change machines in many stations ran out of coins for several very long stretches of the day Saturday and Sunday, and several stations' fare boxes were full for over half the day Saturday forcing everyone to resort to jumping the turnstile... I have to believe the 'actual' number was far, far higher.

Anytime I ran into a JTA official(only twice at Hemming Plaza, no other JTA officials in site at any stations I visited during the weekend) and let them know... they just shrugged it off. 

For referance, I rode the skyway 12 times b/w Friday and Sunday.

BridgeTroll

#20
June 01, 2011, 12:37:12 PM
Quote from: fieldafm on June 01, 2011, 12:15:35 PM
QuoteJTA says there were 7,000 rides taken on the Skyway during the 2 1/2 days of the Jazz Festival. I wonder how many of those were for the first time and what those impressions of the Skyway were?


Considering the change machines in many stations ran out of coins for several very long stretches of the day Saturday and Sunday, and several stations' fare boxes were full for over half the day Saturday forcing everyone to resort to jumping the turnstile... I have to believe the 'actual' number was far, far higher.

Anytime I ran into a JTA official(only twice at Hemming Plaza, no other JTA officials in site at any stations I visited during the weekend) and let them know... they just shrugged it off. 

For referance, I rode the skyway 12 times b/w Friday and Sunday.

My wife and are were two... Parked at the Prime and put my 50 cents in and voila... turnstyle stays locked forcing us to hop.  It should be free 24/7/365
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

tufsu1

#21
June 01, 2011, 02:16:15 PM
the 7,000 may be from the counts taken on the platform vs. the turnstiles...if so, it is accurate

exnewsman

#22
June 01, 2011, 03:51:41 PM
Quote from: tufsu1 on June 01, 2011, 02:16:15 PM
the 7,000 may be from the counts taken on the platform vs. the turnstiles...if so, it is accurate

Indications were at the turnstiles.

BridgeTroll

#23
June 01, 2011, 03:56:06 PM
Quote from: exnewsman on June 01, 2011, 03:51:41 PM
Quote from: tufsu1 on June 01, 2011, 02:16:15 PM
the 7,000 may be from the counts taken on the platform vs. the turnstiles...if so, it is accurate

Indications were at the turnstiles.


So many more than 7000 used skyway... unless they fixed the PO turnstyles Sunday... those folks hopped.
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

peestandingup

#24
June 01, 2011, 07:11:15 PM
Rode the Skyway 8 times during the weekend. Hopped the turnstiles 3 times (it was broken once, and twice the change machine was out or just not working). There was no JTA personnel around at all, so over I went (or just walked through the handicapped gate if my kid was with me in her stroller).

I'd like to chalk it up to the weekend rush, but sadly I've ran into these problem before & know thats not the case. JTA is just bad at managing this stuff. It really should be completely free. At least then they'd get a more accurate number of riders.

JeffreyS

#25
June 01, 2011, 08:20:53 PM
Quote from: BridgeTroll on June 01, 2011, 12:37:12 PM
Quote from: fieldafm on June 01, 2011, 12:15:35 PM
QuoteJTA says there were 7,000 rides taken on the Skyway during the 2 1/2 days of the Jazz Festival. I wonder how many of those were for the first time and what those impressions of the Skyway were?


Considering the change machines in many stations ran out of coins for several very long stretches of the day Saturday and Sunday, and several stations' fare boxes were full for over half the day Saturday forcing everyone to resort to jumping the turnstile... I have to believe the 'actual' number was far, far higher.

Anytime I ran into a JTA official(only twice at Hemming Plaza, no other JTA officials in site at any stations I visited during the weekend) and let them know... they just shrugged it off. 

For referance, I rode the skyway 12 times b/w Friday and Sunday.

My wife and are were two... Parked at the Prime and put my 50 cents in and voila... turnstyle stays locked forcing us to hop.  It should be free 24/7/365
+1
Lenny Smash

exnewsman

#26
June 02, 2011, 04:40:18 PM
Anyone have any photos of the Skyway during Jazz Fest? Curious to see what 7,000 people looks like on the "people mover"

heights unknown

#27
June 04, 2011, 10:00:30 PM
Wow!!!!!! I am so thrilled, juiced up, glad, and happy for Jacksonville for finally pulling off a successful event, finally! I will attend the one next year if it follows suit with the success of this one.

Heights Unknown
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#28
July 04, 2011, 08:14:37 PM
Quote from: duvaldude08 on May 31, 2011, 11:13:02 AMThe thing about the homeless is that when there is a multitide of people, they kind of disppear into the background. Thats why the homeless are not an issue with our DT IMO. the more active DT becomes, the less you will see them.

Yep! It's called "solution by dilution."

Kudos to Jax for putting on what looks to have been a stellar jazz festival!
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