“I paid 300 euros for a Taylor Swift concert in Milan, but they won’t let me in because I am disabled”

“They don’t let me go to a Taylor Swift concert. because I’m in a wheelchair. And we don’t know how many seats are reserved for people with disabilities.“. Silvia Stoyanova she is 35 years old, lives in Milan and is a fan of an American pop star who has a concert scheduled Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July 2024 at San Siro Stadium.. A long-awaited appointment for one of the world’s music stars. From which, however, at the moment Sylvia is forced to refuse.

Silvia, disabled girl: “The agency that organizes the event informed us that we will be excluded due to unclear criteria”

The girl contacted by True-News.it says that she regularly bought a ticket, but something went wrong. “The agency that is organizing the event informed us that we will be excluded due to unclear criteria.“. Live broadcast organizer D’Alessandro and Gallione of the most important and famous in Italy: he brought to Italy, among many others, the names of the caliber Robert Plant or Placebo.

Silvia: “Even Ticketone is responsible for this case”

The agency selects tickets available for disabled people with draw: so only a lucky few will be able to enjoy the show. Sylvia, along with other people with disabilities, immediately took action. But he found before wall of silence offer me. TO True News.it he says: “The organizer knows very well what kind of fans flock to the concert, but ignores the disabled. I have a team that helps me spread my battle: we saw that Ticketone (ticket seller, ed.) said to contact the “organizer” in case of a physical and motor disability, but we did not know the name and contact person of the organizer. ‘manager. Thus, many fans were late in the online rush to get tickets and were left without a seat. Ticketone is also responsible in this matter.”
And, of course, the blame will fall on D’Alessandro and Galli. “The organizers, the girl continues, are not transparent. They don’t want to provide us with disabled seat numbers. This is discrimination. We know that the San Siro as a building accepts 200 disabled people: will the number be confirmed or will it decrease? We understand that at another Coldplay concert organized by another agency, there were as many as 20 handicapped seats.” Very few, because both in the case of the Chris Martin band and in the case of the Taylor Swift band, they are world-famous musical projects.

@whitefox..13 🇬🇧 This is Sylvia, a fan of Taylor. I decide to help her open up about her problems with the organization for the disabled. I don’t even like to call them that. But it’s not that. Taylor Swift is a kind person and we could do the same for this girl. She needs help. Once the voice does not matter, but if any of you raise your voice, we will be heard. Girl’s email: (email protected) and her name: Silvia Stovanova/ift | The Eras Tour Subscribe: https//chng.it/zyNXrdtJ Please tag @Taylor Nation @Taylor Swift @Taylor Swift Italy @ticketone @SanSiro ​​@D’Alessandro and Galli 🇮🇹 This is Sylvia, a Taylor fan. I decided to help her publicize her problems with the organization of only 30 .. disabled people, I don’t even like it. Italy, to call them that way. But it’s not that. Taylor Swift is a kind person and we can be the same for this girl. Help needed: a voice not from the tour can make a difference, but if each of you raise your own: we can be heard! This girl’s email: (email protected) 7/2024 (C) Her name: Sylvia Stoyanova Here is the report: https://chng.it/zyNXrdtJ ecolomini Please indicate below in the comments on Taylor’s official profiles: TAYLOR NATION or TAYLOR SWIFT, TAYLOR SWIFT ITALIA, TICKETONE, DALESSANDROEGALLI, SANSIRO @Taylor Swift (Karma Queen) — girl from video #taylorswift #taylorswiftitalia #costobiglietti ♬ original sound – Lisa

Excluded despite paid ticket of 300 euros: “I can only enter on foot”

But the anger grows even more at the words of Sylvia, when she tells us what she bought, driven by the desire not to miss the expected event, VIP ticket from 300 euros. A ticket giving access to an area full of amenities and with optimum view of the stage

. He uploaded a document confirming his 100% disability and went through the whole procedure. “But I was told that I could only enter on footI can’t drive in a wheelchair.” Words that make you shiver.

Disabled people at concerts, Verona court verdict

Sylvia opened petition on Change.Org: it reached 16,000 signatures in just a few days. There is hope that a year after the concert, they will find the time and desire to equip a new venue to satisfy the needs of all the disabled who have bought tickets. The girl also contacted the Luca Coscioni association. who in recent months supported and won a lawsuit involving architectural barriers during concerts. The Court of Verona, by a verdict promulgated on March 20, condemned Fondazione Arena di Verona and Vivo Concerti, organizer, for discriminatory behavior towards people with disabilities.. The girl who reported it, Sofia Righetti, received compensation of 3,500 euros, and the organizers were forced to build a raised platform.

The bitterness of the 35-year-old: “This only works in Italy”

Sylvia hopes things will turn out differently. However, at the moment he does not hide his bitterness: “This only works in Italy. There is another organization in America, Japan and other countries. In the States, a disabled person can buy a ticket in an accessible area and attend a performance with friends or family. in Italian. The agency decides if you can enter. And it forces you to watch the event with one chaperone, away from your loved ones. Hit the bottom when, fUntil the 2000s, seats for the disabled were reserved in the first row behind the barriers.

. Then the opportunity was gone! Why did these places take on a different meaning: now they cost up to 800 euros. At the expense of the disabled.”

Empty calls

The reports go from Change.org to TikTok and end on all the social networks where Sylvia and other people with disabilities expect to reach Taylornation managers, one of Taylor Swift’s official pages. Always attentive to civil and social rights unlike what the Italian organizer of his concerts would seem to demonstrate.
Appeals the 35-year-old made to influencers have so far gone unheeded: “We are moving on our own. One of the girls raffled off a ticket to get people to support the petition. There will be a final extraction among those who support the cause.”