i know there was a thread somewhere else about phish paying for the cops...and people argued that its in the contract. i think thats bs. if i was in a rock band, in a recession heading for a depression, and your show was said to bring in 5 million into the local economy (probably much more as they estimated 75 000 people, therefoe 66 dollars each (ha, i wish)) i would get the city to pay for the cops. if they dont want to , im sure another city would.