Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals Canceled for Second Year in a Row Due to Coronavirus | The State
Coachella recorded the highest number of attendees in its history in 2016 with nearly 100,000 each day of the festival.
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The famous music festival of Coachella should be held in April this year, however, this Friday the organizers announced the cancellation of the event for the second consecutive year due to the pandemic of coronavirus.
Cameron Kaiser, public health officer for Riverside County, California, where the festival is taking place, said the cancellation order was based on a possible “resurgence of coronavirus cases both in Riverside County and around the world. ”.
“In the event that COVID-19 cases were detected at these festivals, the progress and the number of attendees and the nature of the place would make it unfeasible, if not impossible, to track those who may be at risk,” said Kaiser, as reported by CNN. .
The festival of Coachella such as Stagecoach each April they attract thousands of attendees from around the world for two weekends in the California desert.
In 2020 both festivals were postponed until October due to the pandemic, but then the Riverside authorities chose to cancel them for the rest of the year.
The damage to the region’s economy
The Coachella Valley economy suffered a drop in revenue of just over $ 700 million due to the cancellation in 2020. In 2016 alone, the estimated cost that the festival originated in the area was higher $ 400 million and the city of Indio obtained $ 3.18 million of tax revenue just from ticket sales.
According to the newspaper Los Angeles Times Coachella had the highest number of attendees in its history in 2016 with almost 100,000 every day of the festival. That year more than 9,000 visitors stayed at an Airbnb in the area.
Other music festivals such as Creamfields in the UK and Mad cool festival in Spain they were canceled last year.
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Among the singers and bands scheduled for this year was the presentation of Travis scott, Frank ocean and of Rage Against the Machine.
Riverside County in California has recorded 271,910 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 3,091 people have died related to COVID-19.
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