Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Or they can work out how they can co-exist. When Monsters of Rock started in 1980, the biggest inconvenience to sleepy EMA was keeping the staff awake...
Of course you're correct, and there is a simple answer, just one word - infrastructure.
Were the current A453 that runs parallel to the passenger and cargo facilities to be a dedicated access route to the airport, and a new by-pass road offering access to Donington Park and onward towards Breedon on the Hill and Ashby built that would go a long way towards alleviating the congestion and disruption to Airport users, both passenger and logistics that suffer with every largish event at the Donington Park site. Will it happen? Given the UK record on sensible infrastructure developments I wouldn't place a bet on it.
However, the question of Download and the air safety aspects - drones now, pyrotechnics as @almost professional mentioned and I wouldn't mind betting if not already, but at some stage the misuse of laser pens - may be insurmountable. Nobody would want to see an accident caused as a result of activities at an event not related to the event itself, and it is questionable whether Download should be allowed to continue in its current form on that site. It may be an accident looking for somewhere to happen.