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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Firefly organizers ready to welcome 90,000 fans

DOVER — State agencies, emergency personnel and event planners say they are ready to welcome up to 90,000 music enthusiasts heading to Dover next weekend for the fourth Firefly Music Festival.

Throughout the four years of the festival – which has nearly tripled in size since its 2012 inaugural event – organizers have tweaked logistics for loading equipment, as well as managing parking and traffic and preparing emergency plans.

And with the elimination of single-day passes this year, Firefly director Greg Bostrom said he expects everything to go smoothly.

One month after the 2014 festival ended, Bostrom said, planning began for the 2015 event, which runs Thursday, June 18, through Sunday, June 21. New improvements, some of which were implemented last year, include extra loading days for vendors and equipment, an additional 12,000 feet of new roads on site, a new staff lot that can handle 1,500 cars per day and eliminate those vehicles from festival traffic, new lighting and shuttles, an offsite will-call location and improvements to the tolling process.

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3 comments:

Ben in Salisbury said...

I would sell what ever is left of my soul to meet Paul McCartney

Anonymous said...

I would like to know what Dover Downs does with all the money they make from the Firefly but need 40 million of tax dollars to bail out the casinos?

Anonymous said...

742-Dover Downs does not host firefly...In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports.