CNN has reached out to Scott’s representatives for comment.ĬNN’s Steve Almasy contributed to this report. A concertgoer who was injured during the festival is suing rapper and producer Travis Scott, who was the organizer of the Astroworld Festival, as well as entertainment company Live Nation, concert. The meeting was first reported by The New York Times. Houston police Chief Troy Finner said he met with Scott and the rapper’s head of security shortly before Friday’s concert to express concerns about public safety. “We need to see that risk assessment plan,” he said, adding it should contain how organizers planned to mitigate the possibility of events that had occurred at previous Travis Scott concerts. The plan is mostly boilerplate, he said, but it does reference a risk assessment plan. And therefore, there’s no specific emergency planning for a mass casualty crowd crush event.” there’s no reference to the front of the stage and festival seating crowd. “There’s no reference to crowd surge, crowd crush, crowd panic. “It doesn’t even really appear in what is the equivalent of the Astroworld’s crowd management plan,” he said. He said you need a specific plan to deal with the potential of crowd crushing. Paul Wertheimer, founder and president of Crowd Management Strategies, told CNN the industry knows the dangers of crowd surge. The PDF obtained by CNN is marked Version: 0.1, and it is unclear whether it was the final version of the plan and when it was drafted.Īddressing concerns of a large crowd, the plan outlines, “the key in properly dealing with this type of scenario is proper management of the crowd from the minute the doors open.” And adds, “Crowd management techniques will be employed to identify potentially dangerous crowd behavior in its early stages in an effort to prevent a civil disturbance/riot.” Those techniques are not further specified in the plan. “The potential for multiple alcohol/drug related incidents, possible evacuation needs, and the ever-present threat of a mass casualty situation are identified as key concerns.”Īmong the scenarios addressed in the plan are incidents involving an active shooter, severe weather and a possible riot or civil unrest. Distressing video shows a Travis Scott fan desperately shouting Stop the show at a cameraman during the deadly stampede at the Astroworld Festival but the operator ignores his pleas and yells. “Based on the site’s layout and numerous past experiences, a Security Plan has been established to help mitigate potential negative issues within the scope of the festival,” the document states. Amy Harris/Invision/APĪstroworld now joins other deadly concert crowd tragedies at 9:13 am Travis Scott performs Friday at the Astroworld Festival. Festival goers are seen on day one of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov.
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