Brooklyn Mirage cancels reopening show hours before doors were set to open
FOX 5 New York
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Fox'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '17.279', 'text': "8's Kendall Green has the latest."}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '19.880', 'text': 'Construction crews raced the clock at'}, {'start': '17.279', 'end': '22.880', 'text': 'the Brooklyn Mirage, applying the final'}, {'start': '19.880', 'end': '25.439', 'text': 'touches set to reopen for techno DJ'}, {'start': '22.880', 'end': '27.199', 'text': "Sarah Landry's soldout concert. The"}, {'start': '25.439', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'venue Thursday was still buzzing with'}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '31.599', 'text': 'construction lifts and skeptics online'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '33.360', 'text': 'convinced there was no way the venue'}, {'start': '31.599', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'would be ready ahead of the concert. I'}, {'start': '33.360', 'end': '36.800', 'text': "don't I don't think it's going to open"}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '38.559', 'text': 'today. Maybe like a week or two. The'}, {'start': '36.800', 'end': '41.440', 'text': "building's management team insisted the"}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '43.840', 'text': 'show would go on until they shared this'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '45.520', 'text': "post on Instagram saying it wouldn't. A"}, {'start': '43.840', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'heavy dose of disappointment from this'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '49.520', 'text': 'couple who traveled an hour and a half'}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '50.879', 'text': 'to attend from Middletown, New Jersey.'}, {'start': '49.520', 'end': '54.000', 'text': 'We we were told the whole time it was'}, {'start': '50.879', 'end': '56.160', 'text': 'going to happen and then we got here and'}, {'start': '54.000', 'end': '58.160', 'text': 'they just cancel it right away. They'}, {'start': '56.160', 'end': '60.000', 'text': 'were turned away like dozens of security'}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '62.640', 'text': 'crew members who expected to work the'}, {'start': '60.000', 'end': '64.400', 'text': 'concert along with food vendors too who'}, {'start': '62.640', 'end': '67.439', 'text': "tell Fox 5 they'd been preparing for"}, {'start': '64.400', 'end': '69.760', 'text': 'days for us all week. What have you been'}, {'start': '67.439', 'end': '71.520', 'text': 'doing? uh just producing patties,'}, {'start': '69.760', 'end': '73.680', 'text': 'getting our numbers up, making sure that'}, {'start': '71.520', 'end': '74.720', 'text': 'we have the stock to meet uh match the'}, {'start': '73.680', 'end': '76.159', 'text': 'demand, you know, and probably'}, {'start': '74.720', 'end': '77.759', 'text': "everything's going to go into the"}, {'start': '76.159', 'end': '79.840', 'text': 'freezer and the fridges till tomorrow'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '81.680', 'text': "and then we'll see how it is tomorrow."}, {'start': '79.840', 'end': '83.920', 'text': "The Brooklyn Mirage's team shared on"}, {'start': '81.680', 'end': '85.840', 'text': 'Instagram, quote, "The venue is show'}, {'start': '83.920', 'end': '87.920', 'text': 'ready and the new Mirage has been built'}, {'start': '85.840', 'end': '89.640', 'text': 'to exacting safety, structural,'}, {'start': '87.920', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'mechanical, and technical'}, {'start': '89.640', 'end': '93.119', 'text': 'specifications. However, we were not'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'able to meet the final inspection'}, {'start': '93.119', 'end': '96.960', 'text': 'deadline." The Post shared the'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '99.600', 'text': "cancellation wasn't about construction,"}, {'start': '96.960', 'end': '101.520', 'text': 'but compliance, issuing full refunds to'}, {'start': '99.600', 'end': '102.960', 'text': 'ticket holders. We spotted officials'}, {'start': '101.520', 'end': '105.280', 'text': "from the city's department of buildings"}, {'start': '102.960', 'end': '107.040', 'text': 'just moments before showtime as'}, {'start': '105.280', 'end': '108.960', 'text': 'thousands were anticipating their first'}, {'start': '107.040', 'end': '111.280', 'text': 'show in the newly renovated space.'}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '113.759', 'text': 'Compared to the sphere in Las Vegas, I'}, {'start': '111.280', 'end': '115.920', 'text': 'think people want accountability and'}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'they want to see answers and not just'}, {'start': '115.920', 'end': '120.399', 'text': "more lies. That's called transparency."}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '122.159', 'text': 'Now, we spoke off camera to a'}, {'start': '120.399', 'end': '123.680', 'text': 'representative from the Brooklyn Mirage'}, {'start': '122.159', 'end': '126.159', 'text': 'Management Team who told us they do'}, {'start': '123.680', 'end': '127.520', 'text': 'expect to have a concert this weekend,'}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '129.360', 'text': "but of course, they're going to have to"}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '130.720', 'text': "pass that inspection. That's the latest"}, {'start': '129.360', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'here in East Williamsburg. Kendall'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'Grain, Fox 5 News.'}]