TomorrowWorld Restricts Day 3 Attendees Due to Torrential Downpours
TomorrowWorld will only be accessible to visitors currently camping at DreamVille. Continuous rainfall over the last three days has severely limited capacity of the parking lots, entrance roads and drop off locations in and around the festival site.
Day 3 of Georgia’s TomorrowWorld festival did not go as planned, as the festival’s organizers had to severely restrict attendance.
Chattahoochee Hills, the site of the festival, had been suffering from heavy rains over the last 36 hours, and the organizers decided to limit attendance to those camping in the ‘Dreamville’ camping section. The rain was apparently in the forecast two weeks in advance of the festival, but proper steps had not been taken to mitigate its effect.
The ill effects of the rain began to be felt on Saturday, when festival-goers reported huge lines for shuttles that never came, and a general lack of organization with the transportation system. People took matters into their own hands by walking for miles in the dark to escape the drenched festival, but others were stranded with no alternatives. Attendees also reported violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act after seeing wheelchair-bound people unable to navigate certain areas.
An official statement posted on the TomorrowWorld Facebook page reads:
Today, Sunday September 27, TomorrowWorld will only be accessible to visitors currently camping at DreamVille. Continuous rainfall over the last three days has severely limited capacity of the parking lots, entrance roads and drop off locations in and around the festival site. The experience of the TomorrowWorld visitors is always TomorrowWorld’s number one priority, so TomorrowWorld was forced to close all daily parking lots and drop off locations.
TomorrowWorld regrets that festivalgoers with day tickets, guest list tickets, and anyone not already camping at DreamVille will unfortunately not be able to access the festival. The last day of the festival will go on for the 40,000 visitors already situated in DreamVille, with David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, and Martin Garrix all on deck. More information and refund policy will be available soon..
This change in scheduling obviously leaves a lot of people out in the cold with regards to the festival. Ideally, the refunds go smoothly, but this looks bad for TomorrowWorld and ID&T. Those 40,000 still inside the venue will have a rather intimate time tonight as some big names take to the decks.
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