Whiteout party capacity to be reduced to 11,000

The tight crowd at the Winnipeg Whiteout Street Parties is set to become a little tighter.

Economic Development Winnipeg’s Dayna Spiring said Tuesday, capacity will be reduced for Thursday’s Whiteout Party to 11,000, down from 15,000.

“When the police or others tell us that they want us to restrict the size and do certain things to keep everyone safe we are going to respect that.”

Tickets for Thursday’s party are already sold out.

Last Friday’s party proved to be too popular, and there were a number of incidents, Winnipeg police said Monday.

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“We have to be able to balance our ability to staff that party with enough officers to keep it safe, while providing service to citizens elsewhere,” says Inspector Dave Dalal.

Cst. Jay Murray said the crowd at Game 2 was much more unruly than at previous parties.

“We saw some challenges we haven’t seen before,” Murray said.

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