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L.A. Coliseum imposing temporary ban on raves after girl's death from suspected drug
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| mattW |
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-0...0,7071001.story
L.A. Coliseum imposing temporary ban on raves after girl's death from suspected drug overdose
By Rong-Gong Lin II
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
3:55 PM PDT, June 30, 2010
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The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is imposing a temporary ban on raves, a decision made less than 24 hours after a 15-year-old girl died of a suspected drug overdose after attending the Electric Daisy Carnival over the weekend.
After receiving a request from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky for a rave moratorium, Coliseum Commission President Barry A. Sanders said he was instructing Coliseum managers not to enter into any new agreements with rave producers until the commissioners can meet in a special session scheduled for July 16. Commissioners will review all criteria required for organizers using the venue.
Although Yaroslavsky proposed a temporary ban on all raves, including any that are currently scheduled, Sanders was less specific, saying he would endorse a moratorium on the Coliseum "entering into any contractual arrangements with persons or entities promoting raves."
It was not immediately clear whether the Love Festival, marketed as "America's longest-running dance music festival," would continue to go on as planned. It is scheduled for Aug. 21 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, which is next to the Coliseum.
The Love Festival is being produced by Go Ventures, which co-produced a New Year's Eve rave at the Sports Arena in which 18 people were transported to emergency rooms after taking Ecstasy.
No raves are scheduled between now and the commission's meeting date. A rave is a dance party with electronic music.
The Coliseum and Sports Arena are on state land and are run under the authority of a joint commission of the city and county of Los Angeles and the state.
The 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival attracted 185,000 people over two days, according to organizers. The event featured numerous high-profile DJs and performers on five stages that stretched across the Coliseum property.
Health officials said about 120 people were taken by ambulance from the event to emergency rooms. Several emergency physicians earlier this week called for an end to such events at public facilities.
"The general public deserves to be assured that when the Coliseum's tenants stage an event, the health and safety of the promoter's patrons are protected. Clearly, there was a breakdown at the Electric Daisy Carnival which put the public at risk," Yaroslavsky wrote.
At 15, Sasha Rodriguez did not meet the minimum age requirement of 16 to enter the event without a legal guardian. Family and friends said that she attended the party with a 16-year-old friend and that doctors told them she had the hallucinogenic drug Ecstasy in her system when she was taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
Rodriguez, who lived in the Atwater Village neighborhood of L.A., died at California Hospital Medical Center downtown before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after her family decided to remove the comatose teen from life support.
For the first time since her death, a statement was released on behalf of the event organizer, L.A.-based Insomniac Events.
"The passing of a young woman who attended Electric Daisy Carnival is a tragic circumstance," the statement said. "Our hearts and prayers go out to her family and friends at this difficult time. We are currently reviewing the entire event and planning process with our security team, law enforcement and the city officials who participated in organizing and planning Electric Daisy Carnival."
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| jonmitz |
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PROTECT OUR CHILDREN!!! RAVES ARE TO BLAME!! BAN THEM NOW! |
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| DjWoody |
| It was only a matter of time, they've done it before and they'll do it again. They'll ban raves and add curfews for a little while, maybe a year or two until everyone cools off, than they let it happen all over again. Anyone remember when they used to go until the next day? Yup, that hasn't happened in a while. |
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| element-y |
WELCOME TO EDC - AKA A RAVE: TO ENTER THIS EVENT ALL ATTENDEES MUST POP PILLS. ENJOY.
Come on LA... seriously? |
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| DJ RANN |
this. On the news last night they said "180,000 people attended in all and 100 people were taken to hospital, Authorities are looking in to banning such dangerous events"
Are you ing kidding me?
180,000 people and only 100 go to hospital and one (sadly) dies?
Those ratios are outstanding for any public event let alone a major Rave.
I've been to clubs that only hold 2000 and seen several dozen go to hospital per night.
I can't think of any public event where 180,000 people would go any you wouldn't expect at least 50 hospitalization just from accidents.
All propaganda by conservatives. They should look at the figures for Oktoberfest......
In the UK in the late 90's there was a concerted and srtuctured effort by the alcohol companies to get raves and clubs closed banned. And they used like this (google "Leah Betts") and it worked. |
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| jimji1005 |
The bashing will stop in a few days. Then the news will focus once again on bashing obama or BP.
All you need is another road side bomb or some IED to take the focus away. People have short attention span :D
Think LA is not about to lose $$$ just because 1 person died(specially in this economy). They will come up with some bs like "we added more police presence" to ensure safety and make sure ppl dont OD or try to jump fences.
Just think how much $ did they spend in the license and permits
how much $ in the taxes on ticket sales
how much $ did coleseum take?
And how much $$ for the police and fire dept?
180000 ppl at (conservative firgure) $100 per person thats 18,000,000
plenty of doh to go around for everyone. tax alone is 1mil. No city will be crazy enough to say No to tax. |
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| DaveT |
| quote: | Originally posted by jimji1005
The bashing will stop in a few days. Then the news will focus once again on bashing obama or BP.
All you need is another road side bomb or some IED to take the focus away. People have short attention span :D
Think LA is not about to lose $$$ just because 1 person died(specially in this economy). They will come up with some bs like "we added more police presence" to ensure safety and make sure ppl dont OD or try to jump fences.
Just think how much $ did they spend in the license and permits
how much $ in the taxes on ticket sales
how much $ did coleseum take?
And how much $$ for the police and fire dept?
180000 ppl at (conservative firgure) $100 per person thats 18,000,000
plenty of doh to go around for everyone. tax alone is 1mil. No city will be crazy enough to say No to tax. |
it's election year. that'll have a big influence. $$$ won't be the only factor because of that. |
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| DizkokidD |
| im in disgust atm. Why? because EDC is not a rave nor it will never be. A rave is a party held underground. Where there are few maybe 500 max and thats pushing it. Most venues back then held little over 100 to 300 people. EDC and all this huge events are just Parties or music carnivals. I seriously dont like it when the word Rave is used to describe these parties.... i guess im just old school, but raves havent been held since ooh i wanna say '99 |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| good point. the promoter has actually been trying to get away from the term "rave" for quite some time. That's why they try to create EDC more of a day festival. |
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| R!CH |
| stupid kids on drugs listening to offensive music will always mean "rave" |
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| david.sound |
| Back to the NOS Center! |
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| nima86 |
| only way is to put an age limit imo. Kids these days are not educated and think anything related to dance/electronic music you HAVE to take drugs. They dont enjoy the music rather dressing up like idiots and doing drugs. The media is also to blame since they always group Dance music with Drugs |
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