Barry
06-13-2012, 04:04 PM
Good news!
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Burning Man population cap set at 60,900, way more than ever
https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/06/12/burning-man-population-cap-set-60900-way-more-ever
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Burning Man is more popular than ever, judging by a demand for tickets that far exceeded supply (https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/01/27/burning-man-ticket-requests-far-exceed-supply) this year, after selling out last year (https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/07/26/frustrations-rise-skyrocketing-prices-scalped-burning-man-tickets) for the first time in its 26-year history — and now this year's event will be far bigger than ever.
The Bureau of Land Management, which manages the Nevada desert where burners build Black Rock City every August, has set a population cap for Burning Man at 60,900, an increase of more than 10,000 over previous events.
For Black Rock City LLC, the San Francisco-based company that stages Burning Man, there was mixed news in BLM's June 12 permit decision. BRC was denied the multi-year event permit it sought, but as it struggles to meet demand for this increasingly popular countercultural institution, BLM honored BRC's late request for more people than the 58,000 it had sought for this year.
"After further discussions, there were requests for a bit more," Cory Roegner, who oversees the event from BLM's district office in Winnemucca, told us. Asked why BRC sought the population bump, he said, "The more people they can have, the better."
BLM has been processing BRC's lengthy environment assessment and its request for a five-year permit that would allow the event to grow steadily from 58,000 to 70,000 people in 2016. The cap for this year could have been set as low as 50,000, creating some drama around this announcement, but the agency instead issued a single-year permit with a population cap of 60,900.
Continues at https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/06/12/burning-man-population-cap-set-60900-way-more-ever
https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2012-06-13_1601.png
Burning Man population cap set at 60,900, way more than ever
https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/06/12/burning-man-population-cap-set-60900-way-more-ever
https://www.sfbg.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Full_325_wide/brc2011.jpg
Burning Man is more popular than ever, judging by a demand for tickets that far exceeded supply (https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/01/27/burning-man-ticket-requests-far-exceed-supply) this year, after selling out last year (https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/07/26/frustrations-rise-skyrocketing-prices-scalped-burning-man-tickets) for the first time in its 26-year history — and now this year's event will be far bigger than ever.
The Bureau of Land Management, which manages the Nevada desert where burners build Black Rock City every August, has set a population cap for Burning Man at 60,900, an increase of more than 10,000 over previous events.
For Black Rock City LLC, the San Francisco-based company that stages Burning Man, there was mixed news in BLM's June 12 permit decision. BRC was denied the multi-year event permit it sought, but as it struggles to meet demand for this increasingly popular countercultural institution, BLM honored BRC's late request for more people than the 58,000 it had sought for this year.
"After further discussions, there were requests for a bit more," Cory Roegner, who oversees the event from BLM's district office in Winnemucca, told us. Asked why BRC sought the population bump, he said, "The more people they can have, the better."
BLM has been processing BRC's lengthy environment assessment and its request for a five-year permit that would allow the event to grow steadily from 58,000 to 70,000 people in 2016. The cap for this year could have been set as low as 50,000, creating some drama around this announcement, but the agency instead issued a single-year permit with a population cap of 60,900.
Continues at https://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/06/12/burning-man-population-cap-set-60900-way-more-ever