For the preceding few years the future of the most famous temporary city on Earth has been in limbo . The annual Burning Man festival has grow larger than its site can feasibly accommodate from an environmental perspective , causing some burner tobreak off and start their own events . Now , the acquisition of property nearby might signal that Burning Man is about to put down some roots .
Apost on the Burning Man Journalconfirms that the nonprofit organization which wangle the festival has purchase Fly Ranch , not too far from the Black Rock City site that hosts up to 70,000 people each twelvemonth . The ranch has 3,800 acres of desert , wetlands , and natural springs , including a geyser .
Although the festival has been held on Bureau of Land Management commonwealth , over the last few years the festival has been at betting odds with the state of matter of Nevada about its use . Attendance was capped at 50,000 in 2011 by the then , after an environmental followup , anew capital was set at 70,000through 2016 .
From the declaration , it sounds like this will be the nonprofit ’s first of several farming purchases which might finally serve as the new site of the fete or maybe a type of year - circle conference shopping center . Although burn Man organizer are still being a small coy about what could actually happen there :
You may be asking yourself , “ What does this entail for us ? What can we do with this ? How will this profit the community ? ” The response will spread slowly , over a flow of time . We ’re a long way from define exactly what will happen at Fly Ranch , but it ’s not too early to begin daydream of the potential . We ’re barrack by this milestone and hope you are too . At this microscope stage there are just more interrogation than result .
Indeed .
[ Burning Man Journal ]
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