This happened forty years ago 15-18 August 1969 in Woodstock (US) in the town of Bethel. It was to celebrate the rock and roll music and to build a music studio in the town of Woodstock. All went haywire because of lack of proper organization and not divulging all the information needed to stage an event. It was a lesson that we as events organizers need to bear in mind all the time we organize an event. There was no suitable site in Woodstock for the event and they had to be accommodated to an alternative site.
They played down the numbers expected, they said only 50 000 people were expected while they sold 186 000 tickets in advance. In the end 500 000 people attended the festival. There were approximately a million people that were turned away by officers. There was no Plan B for the venue and it was drizzling. No securities to enforce law and the event ended being a free event.
The moral of the story is that, event organizing is not for any Tom, Dick and Harry. Never assume that everything is in place unless you get expertise of the people who knows what needs to be put in place. This is a case study that we can learn from especially now before the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
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