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T In The Park to increase main arena size by a third in site revamp

By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 11 April 2016

Promoters of T In The Park have announced a major revamp of the festival’s main arena, which will increase its size by a third, as the event overhauls how it uses its new site at Strathallan Castle.

As previously reported, the festival’s first outing at its new location last year garnered much criticism from punters, neighbours and the local council, with organisers DF Concerts admitting to problems, and promising to address the various concerns raised about congestion, security and disruption to local residents.

As part of its plans to overcome those issues, DF has secured additional land for the event, which will enable it to increase the size of its main stage arena. Positioning of the main stage, as well as the Radio 1 Stage, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Tent and the Slam Tent, will all also be altered in a bid to reduce congestion and cut bottlenecks on site.

As previously reported, DF recently provided Perth & Kinross Council with a licensing proposal that runs to hundreds of pages in a bid to convince local authority leaders that the 2016 edition of T In The Park will overcome all the issues that occurred in 2015.

Commenting on the expansion of his festival’s main arena, DF boss Geoff Ellis is quoted by the BBC as saying: “Our fans are our number one priority and we’ve listened to all of their feedback from last year and now we’re putting that into action. These changes will ensure that watching the wide array of amazing artists at the stages, as well as moving around the main arena, will be much more comfortable and a positive experience for all fans, ultimately making T In The Park 2016 a year to remember for all the right reasons – brilliant music and outstanding entertainment enjoyed with your best mates”.

Local osprey are yet to comment on this year’s proposed layout.