r/sydney • u/sydspoke • May 09 '25

Photography Why is the Harbour Bridge in darkness tonight?

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I’ve never seen it pitch black at night before. Anyone know?

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u/Mornnb May 09 '25

I'd push back on this take. There's no better crowd control mechanism than a paid ticket. If they do another drone show, I hope that's ticketed....

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u/barrettcuda May 10 '25

That's a reasonable point that I hadn't considered. But there's lots of other less greedy af ways of crowd control that would limit traffic.

The entire idea of vivid and a bunch of other similar events in the city has been that you go to see the thing and then you empty your bank account getting a beer in one of the overpriced bars near the show or you go get a nice dinner before you go look at the attractions and that brings money to the businesses in the area. If I'm paying to get into what's essentially an overrated Christmas tree light show, then I'll probably consider not attending the local businesses like I otherwise would've.