返回档案库

案例库 · 战略与领导 · 运营决策 · 2013–2016

这条还没译成中文,下面是英文原文。

TomorrowWorld brought Tomorrowland to Atlanta — it lasted three editions

Tomorrowland's US spin-off drew 150,000 a year to Georgia; the 2015 edition ended in mud and thousands stranded, and in March 2016 it was cancelled for good.

TomorrowWorld · SFX Entertainment · 2016-03

怎么回事

TomorrowWorld was the American spin-off of Belgium's Tomorrowland, produced by ID&T under SFX Entertainment and staged from 2013 in Chattahoochee Hills near Atlanta — a site chosen for its resemblance to Boom, with Tomorrowland's 'Book of Wisdom' main stage shipped over to open the franchise. About 140,000 came the first year, 150,000 the next; Georgia called it the state's largest music festival, worth some $93.9 million to the economy, and organisers signed a ten-year land deal.

Rain broke it in September 2015. Downpours turned the entrance roads to mud, shuttle services back to Atlanta were cut, and thousands of attendees were stranded overnight, some hiking miles to find taxis or surge-priced rides. Sunday was restricted to on-site campers; refunds were promised for those shut out. More than 150 people went on to sue over the 2015 edition.

On 2 March 2016 the organisers announced there would be no fourth edition: 'Unfortunately in the current environment, it is not possible to give you the best and unique experience you deserve.' Behind the wording were two facts — parent SFX Entertainment had filed for bankruptcy on 1 February 2016, and the 2015 debacle had burned the brand. TomorrowWorld never returned; Tomorrowland's Belgian and Brazilian editions carried on without it.

为什么会这样

  • The site plan had no weather margin: one muddy road cut the festival off from its city, and the shuttle network collapsed with it.
  • The owner's balance sheet failed underneath: SFX's bankruptcy left no capacity to absorb a bad year.
  • Reputation compounded the finance: after thousands were stranded, refunds and lawsuits made a fourth edition unsellable.
代价a 150,000-cap festival, cancelled代价高昂

教训

TomorrowWorld proved you can ship a festival's stages but not its ground: one storm stranded thousands, one bankruptcy killed the owner, and a franchise was cancelled with a two-line statement.

后来呢

Chattahoochee Hills kept its permit, but no festival came back. The collapse became part of the wider SFX Entertainment bankruptcy story.

资料来源

发现哪里写错了?告诉我们。

Comments · 0

    登录 后就能评论。

    类似的案例

    这家公司栽倒的地方,别处有人漂亮地解开过。 第二意见 →