While the organisers said they have hired parking space in nearby Atria Mall, cops unconvinced it will be enough.Jerry Seinfeld’s much anticipated show in the city this weekend is in trouble. The traffic police have said they will not give permission to the event if the organisers cannot show they have enough parking for the expected sell-out audience at the National Sports Club of India, which can seat around 5,000.A top city police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, went a step further and said he did not see how the organisers would arrange for adequate parking and if they do not convince the cops, the event will be denied permission.The event, scheduled for March 14-15, is organised by Only Much Louder, which organised the controversial AIB roast. The venue NSCI, too, was involved in a high-profile run-in with the Mumbai police last week, when members tried to stop the chief minister’s convoy because they were not allowed entry inside the club, sighting lack of parking space.While the chief minister apologised to members on social media, the fracas proved costly for the traffic police, with DCP Keshav Patil being transferred for failing to manage traffic following an inquiry. Senior police officials said they are wary of issuing permissions to the event and cited the parking brawl and resultant traffic jam put the CM in a fix.“We will ask them to look for some other venue for the event as there is a shortage of parking slots at NSCI,” said S Jayakumar, DCP, Zone 3. “We don’t know the exact number of NSCI members who will visit the club on weekends, but we do know they have thousands of members. Adding to this, there will be visitors who come to attend the show. This may lead to a shortage of parking slots.”The organisers said they are in the process of getting all permissions and are hopeful that the show will take place as scheduled. This is Seinfeld’s first show in Asia and it will part of a festival of comedy, music and drama held across three cities.“Till now we have all the permissions like permission for foreign artist, permission from traffic police, etc,” said Vijay Nair, CEO, OML. “The file is now with the Mumbai police’s theatre branch. We were told to arrange for an alternate parking venue so we have booked space at Atria Mall. We have done 10 to 12 events at the NSCI in the past and parking should not be a problem. We are optimistic that we will be allowed to carry out the event, which is almost sold out. We were told to submit details of traffic arrangement, which we have. To avoid traffic on the main road, we have proposed entry from C-Gate, which is the back gate near Hinduja House behind Nehru Centre.”Sources added all future programmes will also be regulated. They said Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria has given directions to the local police and traffic department that permissions for any future programme at NSCI and the Race Course has to be given only after checking if the organisers have enough car parking and other motorists and the members of these institutions are not inconvenienced.“The file for permissions has not reached the police as of now,” said the top officer. “We will take a call after analysing the number of tickets they have sold, their show script, number of parking slots required and verification of various other documents. But it is unlikely that the organisers will find parking for the 3,000-odd guests and the show will not be given permission in that case.”NSCI secretary Rakesh Malhotra slammed the police’s reasoning and asked, “If 1000 parking slots are not enough to host an event, where can you have any event in this city?”