00:00On Sunday afternoon, at the Panorama semifinals, it was clear to Pantrén-Bégault president
00:05Beverly Ramsey Moore that the number of patrons would exceed what was initially projected.
00:21She was right, pointing to a successful marketing strategy, Pan and the Coat of Arms, and other
00:27aspects as the reasons.
00:30Estimated numbers coming from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts are as follows.
00:34North Stand, 5,100 persons, Grandstand, 4,100 persons, Dragwest, an estimated 13,000 persons,
00:44Greens, 4,100 persons, and Offstage, an estimated 2,000 persons.
00:51It's a whopping 28,300 people that are estimated to have turned up for the event.
00:56Ramsey Moore admits that even she did not expect that amount.
01:27But it's more than just at the North Stand, which sold out early for the semis, causing
01:32some people to complain, as a significant amount of tickets went to corporate TNT.
01:37Admittedly, parking was a challenge.
01:56That's in relation to the Grand Finals of the National Panorama Competition, where Ramsey
02:09Moore anticipates a significant number of people.
02:18Ramsey Moore tells us that already tickets for the Special Reserved and Reserved Areas
02:23of the Grand Stand are limited.
02:26And there's the Sister Isle, where the National Medium Band Finals will be held this coming
02:30Sunday.
02:31Are you seeing the same enthusiasm in Tobago as well, that growing demand for bands?
02:37Definitely.
02:38All the tickets that we brought to Tobago for the large band finals, they are already
02:44sold out.
02:45So we are asking for more tickets to come.
02:47We are requesting more tickets to come to Tobago.
02:49So you see, even the Filipinos are buying up tickets to come to Trinidad for the large
02:54band finals, and the same is happening here with respect to the tickets for the medium
02:58band finals.
02:59A cruise ship is expected to be in Trinidad for Panorama, and Pan Trinbego says it has
03:04received requests for the foreigners to experience the event from the Grand and North Stands.
03:10Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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