Despite reports of subsequent revisions, HCSCC claimed to have never obtained them prior to the event. However, it did not contain plans for a surging crowd or mosh pit safety, nor the gate breach at the prior Astroworld Festival, or other security issues at Scott's concerts. The initial version of the event operations plan prepared by ScoreMore contained eventualities such as deaths, traumatic injuries, severe weather, an active shooter, civil unrest, lost persons, missing children, and unruly fans.
Seyth Boardman, co-founder of live entertainment risk management company B3 Risk Solutions, contracted by showrunners Live Nation and ScoreMore for Astroworld as its safety and risk director, was also a longtime manager at CSC, resulting in conflicts of interest on budgetary issues, staffing, and security protocol. Prior to this, officials had never amended the contract. As a result, on November 4, Harris County officials signed an amendment to the contract with ScoreMore for the promoter to provide more staff of its choosing. Ĭoncerns about the "ratio of guests to staff" were repeatedly made weeks in advance of the event by GM Mark Miller, which Live Nation subsidiary ScoreMore Shows, an Austin-based concert promoter in charge of the concert, offered to remedy with its own supplemental staff, but Harris County had exclusive agreements for NRG Park with crowd management and event security contractor Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC). Parking staff requested that HPD close two major thoroughfares outside the complex beginning November 3 in order to avoid property destruction and stampedes similar to those seen in 20, with no word as of November 10 on whether the request was granted. Despite the NRG campus being on county property, with local jurisdiction laws, the city of Houston and its fire marshal had the final say on the festival's permits, approving all ten regarding pyrotechnics, street closures, food safety, gas and electrical usage, and other contingencies, but Houston Police Department (HPD) Chief Troy Finner said on November 10 his department had no part in the writing or agreements of the original contract.
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NRG Park, owned and managed by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation (HCSCC), also had expanded upon the previous year's setup by two new gates and expanded room for crowd traffic flow around the 'Yellow Lot' parking area on which the festival was held, one of a series of them that surround NRG Arena, according to Miller on November 17. Inquiries to verify those numbers from the Houston Chronicle as of December 3 were declined. The city of Houston and Harris County organized security for the event, with both mayor Sylvester Turner and General Manager for NRG Park Mark Miller claiming more than 1,000 security staff and police were present, more than double the total from the prior Astroworld concert, with the city specifically providing more security for the festival than it had for the 2021 World Series, which had ended in Houston three days earlier. Authorities initially planned to limit attendees to 70,000 the first night, and that was reduced to 50,000 closer to the event, even though city fire codes permitted 200,000 people. Tickets were sold out in under an hour upon going on sale in May, and 100,000 in total were expected to attend.
The 2021 festival was planned for two consecutive nights. Apple Music streamed Scott's performance live. The event was organized and managed by Live Nation and its affiliates. The Astroworld Festival is an annual music event founded by American rapper Travis Scott in 2018, taking its name from his third studio album released the same year.
Official logo for the 2021 edition of the Astroworld Festival Multiple concertgoers documented the incident, posting videos and recounting their experiences on social media. Twenty-five people were hospitalized, and more than 300 people were treated for injuries at the festival's field hospital. The cause of death for all ten was ruled to be accidental compressive asphyxiation, with one of the ten affected by the additional influence of a toxic combination of drugs and alcohol. Eight people died on the night of the concert, and two more died in the hospital over the following days. On November 5, 2021, a fatal crowd crush occurred during the first night of the 2021 Astroworld Festival, a music event founded by American rapper Travis Scott that was held at NRG Park in Houston, Texas.