While Headliners planning to head to EDC in May were met with disappointment last week after Pasquale Rotella announced EDC would would be moved to later October, the ripples of his decision have already effected local workers in the Las Vegas area. Fox 5 Las Vegas reported that more than 160 members of IATSE Local 720 Union were set to work the event, according to the union’s President, Phil Jaynes.
“That was gonna be the first big show that we had where we were gonna have a lot of people out there,” said Jaynes. “We were gonna have more than 160 people out there … It’s unfortunate. Obviously we’re used to bad news at this point.”
According to the union President, the workers have been preparing for weeks to load in all the gear for the May dates. However, Jaynes is not surprised the festival was canceled considering that COVID-19 is still not fully under control. He further commented that members of the Local 720 are disappointed that the festival will not take place in May.
“Luckily the unemployment insurance is still going on, so that’s floating them. But this was gonna be the start. Because it’s spread over a couple weeks of load-in, and you’re putting in long hours. So, it’s a nice little chunk of change,” said Jaynes. “It’s unfortunate that it happened, but, we’ll be ready for World of Concrete”.
World of Concrete is still slated to take place June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Be sure to check in at Pasquale Rotella’s Reddit AMA regarding the EDC situation, which is slated to take place Tuesday April 27th at 2 PM PST in r/electricdaisycarnival.
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