The Slag: Limited Payroll & No Notice

 

It's been reported by a highly placed source that perhaps as many as half of the employees at the Slag venue have not been paid. At least one band says the promoters owe them money, as do some vendors.  

Very sad, but even sadder is that all of the employees we spoke to found out via Facebook that they no longer have jobs. That's right; there were no phone calls or e-mails. 

Now, we'll venture from hard facts to some speculation. Both Scott Michael and Chris Ewing are friends of John Elkington. Couldn't the Memphis mogul have headed off the Ewing lawsuit against Michael? Surely it's not good publicity.

Back to hard, cold reality, those who have ventured onto Inspiration Landing property this past week tell us that, aside from the music venue, there has been absolutely no sign of future construction.

Elkington once blamed an economic downturn for the failure of the Forge in Birmingham and Saddlebrook in Germantown. Will it be amazingly easy to blame the failure of IL on the double tap of COVID and a lawsuit?

Obviously any new business will garner complaints, but one we received about the Slag was especially touching. A young man wanted to take his wife to see Lucero/Pine Hill Haints. This man had been laid off due to various factors, and the sixty dollars was hard to come by, especially if he wanted to take his wife out to eat after the concert.

Upon arrival, they discovered that they had to rent lawn chairs for the concert. He also felt the need to tip the golf cart driver that took the couple to the venue from some impromptu parking. He didn't report the exact amount spent, but did relate that their dinner at Vertillo's turned into a bite at McDonald's. He went on that both he and his wife were very disappointed with Lucero, but he really couldn't blame the venue for that. 

Obviously, you have to pay to play, but we're a firm believer in all costs being upfront. Is anyone else reminded of The Producers?