What were The Police requirements for rehearsals?
A large private venue with ample power close to the city. For the first rehearsals, they used a soundstage at a film studio. The second time, there were no commercial facilities available as feature films/TV companies had the city in lock down. We hunted around and found them a private oasis in the city. It’s a gorgeous, newer recreation center– on native reservation land in North Vancouver. The vibe of this unique venue, Chief Joe Mathias Centre, is very West Coast; it sits in the middle of about two acres of cedar trees and is incredibly private, yet essentially still in the city, minutes from downtown. It also boasts a separate good-sized production office and a ton of parking and space, which The Police crew used to build stages to prepare for their tour. What did being on-site coordinators entail? As this facility is private and had never done anything like this before, we were hired by The Police to prepare the venue, before, during and after they came in. We arranged everything
