Fish Face, I think you'll find it's the numbers and the late hours that people object to - not so much the alcohol (although why a museum/park needs to sell alcohol should be questioned anyway - do people need alcohol to enjoy themselves in a park?). With regards to the public transport factor, you'd like to think people wouldnt need to drive, but that never is the case. So if it's just for a few events a year - why does the licence need to cover 7 days a week to 11.30pm? Will these events be private functions - weddings? or bands? or what? Will the park be illuminated, policed? how will the crowds be controlled? Lots of unanswered questions make this quite worrying. Loud noise from the park is acceptable during the summer when something is happening at the bandstand for a few hours - but to carry this on into the late evening would be a disturbance. It is really the wrong venue for events of 15,000, to 11.30pm with booze and all the problems that go with it.