Four years ago, Electric Daisy Carnival made its huge move from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to Las Vegas Motor Speedway where it’s produced some astronomical numbers. With its upcoming fourth EDC event set to begin tomorrow, there’s no better time to take a look at the positive impact that EDC has had on the city. Here is a breakdown of EDC by the numbers:
[divider]THE BREAKDOWN[/divider]
- Total attendance in the first three years: 845,000 tickets sold (2011-2013)
- Total attendance in 2014: 400,000 tickets sold
- Total economic impact in the first three years: $621 million
- 2014 visitors coming from 40 countries and all 50 states
- Hours of EDC from Friday through Sunday: 31.5
- Number of DJs 2014: 182 plus 15 Discovery Project winners
- Total number of minutes of fireworks shows in the first three years: 108 minutes
- Largest stage at EDC: Kinetic Field, holds 80,000 fans
- 1 million pounds of scaffolding used in the creation of 2013’s Kinetic Field
[highlight]At EDC 2013:[/highlight]
- 15,120 pounds of paper confetti and 102 confetti blowers used
- Production crew size: 1,220
- Volunteers: 692
- 4.6 million pounds of steel
- 920,000 watts of speaker power
- 18,000 milliwatts of lasers
- 5.2 megawatts of electricity
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