They’ll want to seek and destroy.
A Bronx business group is worried that rowdy Metallica fans will wreak havoc on the streets when the band rocks at Yankee Stadium next month.
Heavy-metal devotees shut out of sold-out performance venues rioted last year in Colombia and Chile, leading to hundreds of arrests and damaged property, said 161st Street BID Executive Director Cary Goodman.
“When I read about disturbances and riots, I thought, ‘Why don’t we think proactively and put up a big screen in Macombs Dam Park?’ ” he said.
The anxious leader reached out to the band’s management this month, but said he still hasn’t heard back.
In the meantime, he has already requested a heightened police presence, and arranged to double the number of sanitation crews from two to four, he said.
Concerts at the Stadium have had a mixed impact on merchants, he said
Goodman said he hopes Metallica will be receptive to his idea to appease fans on the streets.
“Everybody’s gonna want to dance,” he said.