The eccentric, controversial festival has gained quite the reputation, evident from the 55,000 tickets that were swiftly grabbed up, even after being offered on a raffle basis. The new lottery model was introduced after last year’s event was unprecedentedly sold out.
Even though it is organized in the desert, where space is not an issue, the limited capacity is imposed so that the festival still maintains some degree of manageability.
However, in the past few years its popularity has risen to mainstream status, and a level that, it can be argued, is no longer sustainable.
