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IFEA
In light of the heartbreaking tragedy and mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, something, as event professionals, we dread ever having to deal with at our own events, many questions remain unanswered and many debates and dialogues will continue for weeks, months and years to come, as we do our best to understand and prevent any possible reoccurrence of this frightening scenario. As mass violence has become unacceptably too common in the United States and around the world, we send our deepest sympathies, prayers and support to all those affected, directly and indirectly, by this tragedy, through friends, families and loved ones.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
The rapid-fire popping sounded like firecrackers at first, and many in the crowd of 22,000 country music fans didn't understand what was happening when the band stopped playing and singer Jason Aldean hustled off stage."That's gunshots," a man could be heard saying emphatically on a cellphone video in the nearly half-minute of silence and confusion that followed. A woman pleaded with others: "Get down! Get down! Stay down!"
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USA Today
Is live entertainment safe in the era of mass shootings, concert-hall bombings and terrorism of all sorts? Some security experts are ringing alarm bells, again. But could even the best emergency preparation plan have prevented what happened in Las Vegas or ameliorated the chaotic aftermath? Some security consultants think the tragedy at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival might have been a one-off.
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Marketplace
What do we do now? This is one of many questions being asked by hotels, restaurants, festival organizers and anybody responsible for places people gather. Security at large events and in heavy traffic areas is already tougher than it used to be, with methods to limit the risks of active shooters, cars ramming into crowds and all the other horrible ways people keep coming up with to kill and injure lots of people at once. With the Las Vegas attack, event planners and security folks now have to take a harder look at so-called "soft targets."
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CNBC
Damon Zumwalt's company, Contemporary Services, employed about 200 people working security at the Route 91 Harvest music festival. Zumwalt says there's "nothing you can do" when someone is shooting from another building above the venue. Chris Robinette, president of Prevent Advisors, said concerts garner media attention, making them potentially attractive targets for those trying to instill fear in people and deter them from going about their day-to-day life.
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The New York Times
Even as mass shootings became more frequent and police departments expand training on how to confront a gunman, officers are typically coached on close-quarters assaults taking place on the first couple of floors of schools, shopping malls, and office buildings. Then came Oct. 1, when a gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel, targeting a crowd at a concert some 500 yards away. At least 58 people were killed and about 500 others injured.
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Bloomberg
In the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre, events organizers will once again be forced to revisit a fundamental debate about how, or even if, they can keep concertgoers safe. Sports and concert venues like stadiums and arenas have already beefed up security with metal detectors and wands to check fans as they arrive. The Las Vegas incident showed that a determined killer can get around such preparations and that the live-events industry has to do more.
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Variety
Incidents of mass violence ratchet up the need for enhanced security — inside a venue, at the entrances, around its outdoor perimeter, now in the buildings that surround open-air venues — and promoters, venue operators, and security need to be ready for anything. These situations are what Prevent Advisors was created to address.
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MediaPost
Allegiant Air, MGM Resorts, Chili's, the Las Vegas Visitor and Convention Authority, and Live Nation are among the brands that have reacted to the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1. Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air announced on its Facebook page that it would fly families of the Las Vegas shooting victims to the city for free, saying it was heartbroken by the tragedy in its hometown.
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Esquire
Since the shooting on Oct. 1 at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, in which 59 people were killed and over 500 were injured, much of the conversation has focused on this country's epidemic of gun violence. A related concern in the music world, especially considering the horrific attacks at concerts in Paris and in Manchester, is what should be done about security at concerts, or if anything can be done at all.
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Chicago Tribune
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre that resulted in more than 50 deaths at an outdoor country concert Sunday, the notion of "concert security" suffered another major blow. CEO Michael Rapino of Live Nation, which staged the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Vegas that ended in a hail of sniper fire and death, tweeted, "Our hearts are with the victims in Las Vegas, their families and loved ones who are grieving this morning."
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The Telegraph
Las Vegas is best known for its hedonistic nightlife and gambling culture is top of the table when it comes to its dependency on tourism. No other city in the U.S. has a higher percentage of people employed in the private leisure sector, while Las Vegas is the ninth biggest employer in the hospitality industry as a whole.
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