New­ly-elect­ed pres­i­dent of Pan Trin­ba­go Bev­er­ly Ram­sey-Moore is as­sur­ing that this year’s Panora­ma com­pe­ti­tion will be a suc­cess.

Ram­sey-Moore, who spoke in an in­ter­view yes­ter­day, said, “We look for­ward to hav­ing a great time with our pa­trons so we look for­ward to the de­liv­ery of a sol­id prod­uct to our pa­trons and I think we would have a suc­cess­ful Panora­ma.”

Set to take the stage at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah to­mor­row are 14 large bands that would be vy­ing for the mil­lion dol­lar prize and 14 medi­um bands vy­ing for the $600,000 prize.

Gates open two hours be­fore the event and Ram­sey-Moore as­sures there will be a prompt 1 pm start to the com­pe­ti­tion.

A few months ago, a de­ci­sion was made to scrap the North Stand as Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) chair­man Win­ston “Gyp­sy” Pe­ters said it cost $4 mil­lion to con­struct, main­tain, and dis­man­tle the struc­ture over the Car­ni­val pe­ri­od.

How­ev­er, the North Stand has con­sis­tent­ly been one of the ma­jor rev­enue earn­ers for Pan Trin­ba­go. Last year, tick­ets for the North Stand for Panora­ma semi­fi­nals were sold at $350. This means a sold-out North Stand could have earned $2.8 mil­lion for that event from tick­ets sale alone. In its ab­sence, there would be a new lay­out in its place called North Park.

“The North Park would be a cov­ered area for fans or pa­trons that is $400 - that is the cov­ered area. Then there would be North Park Grounds. That is the un­cov­ered area where you would be up-close and per­son­al with the bands. That area will be $300 and then you have at the back, be­hind the North Park the av­enue - Pan Av­enue for those per­sons who just want to come and en­joy the vibes, to sit and lis­ten. That area is $250. We catered for all cat­e­gories of pan lovers,” she ex­plained.

While Ram­sey-Moore is hope­ful that the com­pe­ti­tion would be a suc­cess in light of the miss­ing north stand, she said the true test would be at their se­mi-fi­nals on Sun­day.

The fi­nals of the com­pe­ti­tion will take place on Car­ni­val Sat­ur­day— March 2.