If lawmakers move forward with a proposed tax, Coachella may be saying good-bye to its home for the past 13 years. Read more after the jump!
The feuding between the Coachella promoter Goldenvoice and a Indio, Calif., city councilman may move the popular and tax-generating music festival out of the city limits.
One Indio city councilman, Sam Torres, is pushing a new 5 to 10 percent tax placed squarely on ticket sales for events with more 2,500 attendees, which could boost each three-day Coachella ticket already starting at $349 by another $18 to $36, a jump that Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett says he simply won’t pass on to customers. With the future of Coachella in Indio up in the air, there’s always the option of moving.
