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Call For Ultra Festival To Be Moved!
MAR
31
Status: Available Now!
Type: News
Date: Monday 31 March 2014, 12:00 AM
Media: Mixmag

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Type: Business
Sub-Types: Event Production, Entertainment Promotion, Event Promotion
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Miami city officials are calling for Ultra Music Festival to be moved next year after a security guard was hospitalised after a stampede on Friday night. Named by various news sources as Erica Mack, the 28 year old guard is said to be in critical condition with a broken leg and brain haemorrhaging after a host of non-ticket holders crashed through a security fence to gain entry to the festival. The incident has unsurprisingly riled city officials, with Mayor Tomás Regalado calling for the event to be moved away from Bayfront Park next year. "What happened this weekend...could have been avoided. The organisers of Ultra did not follow the police directive to re-enforce [their] fence, even though they knew that this year, and the year before, some kids have tried to over run the fences." Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff was even more vehement, telling NBC: "It is time for Ultra to go away. We have always talked about people getting trampled and now it happened." Ultra Music Festival has now released a statement, wishing the victim a "swift" recovery and claiming it works strenuously with police and security every year. "The event organizers prohibit any form of unlawful entry in to the event grounds. Preliminary investigations show that the incident was caused by individuals not in possession of event tickets and who were determined to gain unauthorized entry. "Every year the event organizers work collaboratively with police and other municipal partners along with the organizers’ independent security partners to ensure the safety of all patrons, crew and working personnel." This isn't the first time that Ultra and the City of Miami have clashed; last year discussions as to whether the festival could run across two weekends made headlines.
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