Wednesday, February 22, 2012

There will be no Kanrocksas in 2012; there may be one in 2013

Posted by David Hudnall on Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:18 PM

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Due to a "major construction project at Kansas Speedway," plans for a 2012 Kanrocksas have been abandoned, according to the festival's website.

"Festival organizers have decided to spend 2012 working with local and national music communities to plan the second Kanrocksas Music Festival for summer 2013. To amplify the momentum created by the first-year festival, organizers will continue to grow and expand the brand with big-name acts, added amenities and trending technological features."

Kind of a bummer. We had mostly a good time. More here.

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Yeah based on the amount of people there they HAD to have lost so much money.

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Posted by Lkay on 02/23/2012 at 4:03 PM

So construction in flat Kansas is the only reason? Riiiiiiight. Because the Speedway is the only venue in the area. Let's see, over the top production costs in year 1 and no where near the ticket sales needed for year 2. I'd say that is the reason behind the no show in 2012. Let's call it what it is.

Good news is there will be plenty of other things to do this year.

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Posted by Calling B.S. on 02/23/2012 at 11:51 AM

I'm surprised they are confirming it for 2013 so early. I heard they lost quite a bit of money. Although they did a great job organizing and running it. There was a little confusion among security of what kind of camel backs were allowed in, but other than that I didn't see any problems.

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Posted by Abe on 02/23/2012 at 9:24 AM

bleeding kansas, anyone?

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Posted by thepants on 02/23/2012 at 8:50 AM

Can't-rocksas

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Posted by Pun King on 02/22/2012 at 4:17 PM

Maybe they can rename it in the mean time

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Posted by Michael Tipton on 02/22/2012 at 3:47 PM
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