Red Butte wants to be able to say no to ‘divisive’ performers
By ANNIE KNOX | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published 24 minutes ago • Updated 8 minutes ago
... Controversial acts and merchandise may no longer be welcome at the upscale concert venue tucked in the Wasatch foothills, its director said Friday — fallout from a wave of Confederate flag merchandise that rankled some attendees of Tuesday's Hank Williams Jr. show.
"I think it's safe to say that we probably wouldn't have booked this act," said Red Butte's executive director, Greg Lee, "if we had known everything that we now know" ...
On Tuesday, concessionaires rejected Lee's request that they stop selling the flags. Under the booking contracts, vendors choose what to sell and the venue may refuse concessions only if they're illegal ...
http://www.sltrib.com/news/2741664-155/after-hank-williams-jr-confederate-flag
