Rotella On Vegas Shooting: We Are ‘Heartbroken’

Following last night’s tragic shooting at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest Music Festival that took at least 58 lives and wounded more than 500, a number of influential promoters have expressed their condolences and solidarity with the many victims.

The latest comes from Pasquale Rotella of Insomniac, the promoter for Vegas’ yearly Electric Daisy Carnival, the market’s largest live music event, and who has a far deeper understanding of the Las Vegas live music market than most.

“The entire Insomniac family is heartbroken by the news coming out of Las Vegas, a beautiful city that’s opened itself up to us and so many people from around the world,” Rotella wrote on his Instagram account. “Our hearts and healing energy are with the victims and their families, the first responders and emergency personnel, and the entire state of Nevada. We love you and we stand with you. For those who are willing and able to give blood, the following locations are open and need donors.”

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The Instagram post included address and phone numbers for blood donation centers (below) in Nevada.

Earlier this month, EDC announced it is moving its yearly confab from Father’s Day weekend in mid-June to May 18-20, marking a shift from the festival’s previous seven incarnations, although it will still be held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway,

This year’s EDC had some 400,000 attendees who saw sets from artists that included Martin Garrix, Major Lazer, Hardwell, Afrojack, Galantis, Dillon Francis, Tiësto, Duke Dumont, DJ Khaled and, Paul Oakenfold, among many others. 

In June 2013 Insomniac entered into a creative partnership with Live Nation that at the time was valued at between $50 million and $100 million.

Rotella declined to give Pollstar further comment beyond his statement on social media.

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