{"id":2022890,"date":"2023-09-05T23:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T03:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concertgoers-rush-gates-after-being-denied-entry-to-electric-zoo-music-festival-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T23:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T03:26:51","slug":"concertgoers-rush-gates-after-being-denied-entry-to-electric-zoo-music-festival-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concertgoers-rush-gates-after-being-denied-entry-to-electric-zoo-music-festival-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd storms gates at &#8216;Electric Zoo&#8217; festival in NYC after being denied entry."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconcertgoers-rush-gates-after-being-denied-entry-to-electric-zoo-music-festival-in-nyc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022890&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200d Electric Zoo Music \u200dFestival \u200bTurns into\u200c a Debacle<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Electric Zoo music\u2063 festival<\/strong> \u2064in\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\"><strong>New York City<\/strong><\/a>  turned into a <strong>debacle<\/strong> over Labor Day weekend as many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-cheerleading-squad-in-nfl-replaced-by-men-women-dance-team\/\" title=\"First Cheerleading Squad In NFL Replaced By Men\/Women Dance Team\">ticket holders<\/a> were turned away after the\u2062 venue reached maximum capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Videos circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concertgoers-rush-gates-after-being-denied-entry-to-electric-zoo-music-festival-in-nyc\/\" title=\"Crowd storms gates at 'Electric Zoo' festival in NYC after being denied entry.\">social media showed attendees rushing<\/a> the gate on September\u2063 3, the final day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><strong>show<\/strong><\/a>, after they \u200dwere denied\u2063 admittance. Eventually, the electronic\u200b dance music \u200d(EDM) \u2064event on Randall\u2019s Island was shut down early.<\/p>\n<p>This came\u2063 after \u2062Electric Zoo \u200ccanceled the first day of\u2062 the event this year, blaming it on \u201cglobal supply chain disruptions,\u201d \u200bwhich led to \u201cunexpected delays\u201d\u200c in \u200cthe construction of its main stage, per an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cwp4ggLu_rL\/\"><strong>update<\/strong><\/a>  on the official event Instagram\u2062 account. They further promised attendees a \u201ctruly \u200cmagical\u201d experience for\u2062 music \u2063fans\u2064 arriving Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But then \u2062chaos erupted Sunday, which ended with gates being ripped down as frustrated fans \u200bforced \u2062their way into the festival.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gates down, chaos reigns\u200d on the\u2063 final night of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectricZooNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElectricZooNY<\/a> 2023 \u2014\u2062 after valid ticket holders were told no more entry would\u200c occur after an\u200d announcement that capacity \u2063had been reached.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7: r\/electriczoo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XdXGjnxOvg\">pic.twitter.com\/XdXGjnxOvg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Festive Owl (@TheFestiveOwl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFestiveOwl\/status\/1698499986428744039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are so thankful for the overwhelming support\u200b and patience \u200dyou\u2019ve shown this year after\u2063 the challenges we\u2019ve \u200cfaced over the weekend,\u201d \u2062organizers posted\u2063 on the \u2064Electric Zoo\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep regret that we \u200dneed to inform you that due\u200b to the\u2062 challenges caused by Friday cancelation, we \u2062have reached\u2062 our venue\u2019s capacity earlier than anticipated \u200dfor today, Sunday. \u2063For the safety and well-being of\u200c everyone on site, we\u2063 will not be admitting any \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fans-storm-the-gates-of-electric-zoo-music-festival\/\" title=\"Fans rush Electric Zoo music festival gates.\">additional attendees today<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post continued, \u201cIf you are on your way or were planning to come later, we kindly ask that you\u200c refrain from coming\u200c to \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/travis-scott-says-he-was-unaware-of-deaths-until-after-show\/\" title=\"Travis Scott Says He Was Unaware of Deaths Until After Show\">festival site<\/a>.\u201d The note ended with apologies and promises\u200c of refunds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGates \u2063down, chaos reigns on the final night of [ElectricZooNY] 2023 \u2014 after valid ticket holders were \u2063told no more \u200bentry would\u200c occur after an announcement that capacity had been\u2063 reached,\u201d one tweet said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1693504018745000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1RMMjCvCBOBYdpkw5O_njE\">CLICK HERE TO GET \u2064THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Videos of police officers appearing to step to the side as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nicki-minaj-shares-nude-photo-wearing-hot-pink-bedazzled-pair-of-crocs-sales-surge-4900-percent-crocs-website-crashes\/\" title=\"Nicki Minaj Shares Nude Photo Wearing \u2018Hot Pink Bedazzled Pair Of Crocs,\u2019 Sales Surge 4,900 Percent, Crocs Website Crashes\">fans rushed<\/a> the\u200c gates also \u2062started\u200c circulating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter\u2064 security and \u200dmaybe police that do\u200b their job,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Better \u200bsecurity and maybe police that do their job.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yH1XJi15wL\">pic.twitter.com\/yH1XJi15wL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Static\ud83d\udd25Fire Kat\u200d (@StaticKittyKat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StaticKittyKat\/status\/1698727427701399904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen the majority started charging through, they started yelling, \u2018Push,\u2019\u201d concert attendee \u2063Luis Diaz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/ny-angry-fans-electric-zoo-festival-randalls-island-20230904-teknhhwe6vg2thrzrorklfmf5a-story.html\">told<\/a> Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether \u2064you\u200d wanted to or not, \u200cyou started getting pushed out,\u201d he continued.\u2063 \u201cOur row was waiting to \u200csee what would happen, \u2064but we didn\u2019t have a \u200bchoice \u2064but to go in or \u200bbe trampled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz said he\u2064 attended the event\u2062 twice before and\u200b nothing like this ever happened before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, the festival organizers had to cancel the event due to safety concerns caused by overcrowding. The Electric Zoo music festival in NYC became chaotic on Labor Day weekend when numerous ticket holders were denied entry due to the venue being full. Videos on social media depicted attendees storming the gate on September 3, the last day of the festival. Ultimately, the organizers had to cancel the event for safety reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2022891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}