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Burning Man ticket sales dry up after sloppy year

Burning Man releases 3,000 last-minute tickets amid slow-to-recover sales after last year's mudfest.

Attendance has faltered post-pandemic due to extreme weather events, from heatwaves to flooding, which last Labor Day Weekend sent many burners, including comedian Chris Rock and DJ Diplo, fleeing from the Nevada desert. “We are pleased to have fulfilled demand for our earlier sales and be in a position to offer greater access to more people as the event nears,” Marian Goodell, CEO of Burning Man, said in a press release. | Source: Maryann Jones Thompson for The StandardIn 2022, temperatures reached 103 on the alkali floor of the playa during the reborn festival—the highest in recorded history for the area, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association—leaving some attendees addled with heat stroke.

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