Billy McFarland, the promoter of the failed Fyre Festival.
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Billy McFarland went to prison for fraud offences connected to the first Fyre Festival in 2017.
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This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud.
The last few decades have reminded us just how deadly events can be when proper risk management measures are not in place.
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People assume event organizers have their best interests at heart, but just like many businesses, organizers often operate on a tight budget and sometimes corners get cut creating disastrous results.
Ja Rule and Billy McFarland in still from Netflix Fyre documentary.
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Two new documentaries about the disastrous 2017 Fyre fail to fully acknowledge the exploitation of the people of the Exumas.