Torts/Personal Injury,
Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 23, 2021
Breaking down a music festival organizational disaster
Houston, Texas' 2021 Astroworld festival may be one of the worst managed live entertainment performance events in recent history. During Travis Scott's Nov. 5 performance at the event, a crowd surge left 10 festivalgoers dead and hundreds of others injured.
Richard J. Idell
The Idell Firm APC
96 Jessie St Fl 3
San Francisco , CA 94105
Email: richard.idell@idellfirm.com
Richard is a veteran entertainment lawyer specializing in music festivals and other live entertainment productions and matters in the wine industry. He practiced in San Francisco for many years and is now of counsel to Dickenson, Peatman and Fogarty in Napa, California. He grows grapes and makes wine in Sonoma, California where he resides. Richard has written and lectured on legal issues in presenting rock and roll festivals and other entertainment productions.
Houston, Texas' 2021 Astroworld festival may be one of the worst managed live entertainment performance events in recent history. During Travis Scott's Nov. 5 performance at the event, a crowd surge left 10 festivalgoers dead and hundreds of others injured.
The legal aftermath was predictable as dozens of lawsuits already have been filed -- some asking for billions in damages. Negligence is sure to be a core cla...
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