Program Council’s Code Red Concert featuring Big Boi and Girl Talk ended early Thursday night.
Twenty to 30 minutes into Big Boi’s performance, University Park Police arrived at Doak Walker Plaza. According to Brooke Morin, Program Council Concerts Chair, UP had received 13 phone calls complaining about noise.
In preparation for the event, Program Council placed notices on the doors of residences adjacent to the Doak Walker Plaza, however, Morin said the complaints were coming from Preston Road and Mockingbird Lane.
When University Park Police arrived, they were originally going to close down the show early and have PC turn down the music.
After receiving more complaints, UP police decided to close down the event altogether.
“There was no way we would have brought these people out if we knew this was going to happen,” said Morin.
According to Bobby Martinez, head of security for the event, approximately 1,300 members of the SMU community came out to the event.
“I’m happy with the turn out, in my four years, our campus never gets excited about anything, but people were talking about this weeks in advance,” said Morin.