Two weeks in the past the Miami City Council shot down a contract extension for Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park. The contact would have cemented Ultra's iconic house for an additional 5 years. A vocal minority of residents opposed the competition being held in downtown Miami because of the noise which it created for one weekend a yr, regardless of driving hundreds of thousands to the native economic system.
City Council members took it upon themselves to make it close to unattainable for Ultra to proceed to make use of the grounds. While the contract will be renegotiated shifting ahead, giving Ultra the possibility to discover a resolution, the council simply took one other step to ensure Bayfront Park will not be the house of the United States' most well-known dance music competition.
Council Restricts Bayfront Park's Event Usage
In years previous there was no restrict upon what number of days Bayfront Park could possibly be closed for personal occasions. In 2017, the park was closed 155 days for various festivals and personal features. This previous week the council has voted to restrict the park to solely 55 days for personal occasions. To put issues into comparability, the setup and break down of Ultra takes round 20 days – practically half of the quota of days the park will be closed to the general public.
This is sort of a loss of life blow for Ultra. That being mentioned many consider that council members are solely utilizing this intense rhetoric to get re-elected this November. Once they safe their units, followers assume that they may return to working with Ultra Worldwide to create an answer. This does make sense contemplating the competition drives more cash to Miami than some other exterior occasion assist throughout the yr.
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