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Adelman on Venues: Last Night at Astroworld

Here’s the latest installment of Adelman on Venues from lawyer and VP of the Event Safety Alliance, Steve Adelman on what happened at the AstroWorld Festival in Houston, TX.

Last night at Astroworld, a festival held at NRG Stadium in Houston, at least eight people died and more than 300 others received medical treatment in a crowd crush during Travis Scott’s performance. Because we have seen too many heartbreaking incidents like this before, it is tempting to rush to judgment about the causes of this one. Let’s do better than that. Let’s ask the right questions first, then see what the facts reveal.

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Ten Dead, Multiple Injuries at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival Performance in Houston

HOUSTON – (Updated Dec. 1) A criminal investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause of the deadly crowd surge at Astroworld Festival at NRG Park in Houston. Ten confirmed deaths and “scores of injuries” were reported as a result of a crowd surge during rapper Travis Scott’s Nov. 5 performance. According to reports, the 50,000-strong crowd began compressing toward the stage around 9:15 p.m., causing panic and injuries until it was quickly declared a “mass casualty incident.” In addition to the onsite security, more than 55 Houston Fire Department units stepped in to perform CPR on unconscious concert-goers, with reports that 17 were rushed to area hospitals, with 11 of those in cardiac arrest. There were 300 people treated at an onsite field hospital.

The concert was ended early. The second day of the two-day festival was canceled, which was to feature Bad Bunny, Earth, Wind & Fire and Beaumont native Teezo Touchdown. A reunification center for families has been set up at the Wyndham Houston Hotel near NRG Park. (Update: Families have identified all eight victims.)

Earlier in the day, hundreds of people rushed through the entrance gates, blowing past metal detectors and security. Here’s a video from KHOU ABC 11 in Houston of the crowds rushing in:

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Claypaky Xtylos won The AVard Award for the Best in Entertainment Sector Technologies

Massimo Bolandrina, Claypaky (L) and Claas Ernst, VisionTwo (R) receiving The AVard. Photo by: ©Petia Chtarkova

The Claypaky Xtylos won The AVard, the ProAV Awards in Germany as “Best Entertainment & Infotainment Product”. The award ceremony took place as part of the gala evening held on 4 November at the CCD Congress Center in Düsseldorf. This award follows those already won by the Claypaky Xtylos in 2019: PLSN Best Advancement in Lamp Technology and LDI Best Debuting Product in Lighting.Read More »Claypaky Xtylos won The AVard Award for the Best in Entertainment Sector Technologies

Multimedia Unity: German Unity Day Staged with Ayrton Perseo Beam and Domino-S

GERMANY – Two-hundred drones took to the skies Oct. 3 above Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) and assembled themselves into symbols and catchwords of German Unity. The exclusive multimedia drone show by Jens Hillenkötter and his company JH Technology Arts was the highlight of the closing celebrations for German Unity Day, which were broadcast live on television. One floor farther down, in the inner courtyard of the castle ruins, were numerous moving lights from Ayrton setting the scene for the multi-layered live setting in parallel. Here’s a video of the show:

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