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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I wish someone would do a revenue analysis of the amount of business generated by this and what LA derived from that in fees and taxes. Clearly, LA got some revenue from the influx of likely well over 10,000 people for a few days. If LA made $100 a person, that's a million right there to offset the $1.4 million in costs.
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Let's clarify just who wins & who loses.
When Los Angeles charges fees & taxes, we citizens don't get that money. But when we're living in a city that's going bankrupt & therefore raises taxes, we citizens pay out of our pockets.
A lollapalooza event in the area, regardless of generating "revenue," does few of us any measurable good. It just closes the freeways.
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I also do not see why the center and or the Jackson estate were not charged at least for the security they used directly.
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Politics & stupidity as usual.