Hmmmm...maybe that whole free idea wasn't such a good idea.
WNBC is reporting that two men have died, 83 people have been arrested, and drinking in the parking lot of PNC Bank Arts Center has been banned permanently.
Raymond Guarino, 26, died Thursday night at Bayshore Hospital. Guarino, of Forked River, N.J., had to be resuscitated in the PNC Bark Arts center parking lot shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Thursday before being transported to the hospital. New Jersey state troopers received information that Guarino had injested cocaine, marijuana and alcohol prior to the incident.
According to police, Patrick Norris, 24, of Coram, N.Y., passed out at the concert around 10 p.m. and was transported to Bayshore in cardiac arrest. He was declared dead in the hospital. Police said he had also injested cocaine, marijuana and alcohol before and during the show.
There have been over 300 arrests at the venue this week alone and, therefore, the venue's owner and the State of New Jersey have banned drinking in the lot. Ouch.
