In a press conference held this Tuesday, the 9th, the iconic Brazilian DJ commented on Tomorrowland’s commitment to the Itu region
Main festival dedicated to electronic music, with several events spread around the world, Tomorrowland It also takes place in Brazil and, in addition to announcing the 2024 edition on the 11th, 12th and 13th of October, it revealed how it will continue in the country for the next 10 years.
The news came at a press conference held this Tuesday morning, 9th, with AlokDJ and ambassador of Tomorrowland Brazil. Also present at the event were Rodrigo Mathias (CEO of DCSet), Bruno Vanwelsenaers (CEO of We Are One World), Secretary Marília Marton, Secretary Natália Resende It is Mayor Guilherme Gazzola.
It is worth remembering how Tomorrowland Brazil 2024 will take place in Maeda Park, in Itu, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. Furthermore, the festival organization promised mobility and infrastructure improvements around the site, such as improvements in access that will also benefit neighboring communities.
A total of five local roads will be built, with a total length of 17.5 kilometers, with paving planned. The State will invest R$22 million in the construction of the Department of Highways (DER), linked to Secretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (Semil).
It doesn’t stop there: there will be improvements in soil drainage and investments to increase the public capacity of the venue by 34%. DreamVille, festival camping area. With the increase, the expectation of the event is to have 20 thousand people accommodated in the space Maeda Park. In 2023, the festival generated approximately R$676 million in the region’s economy, as well as employing more than 9 thousand people, directly or indirectly.
With this new agreement, Tomorrowland it should generate around R$9 billion in the economy of the Itu region over the next 10 years. “Tomorrowland brings a renewal of the electronic scene to the world. In the same way that we have a festival commitment for the coming years, we have a renewal of our scene with this,” he said Alok at the press conference.
And it is important that this commitment and investment in infrastructure and mobility does not remain limited to this administration, but that it continues throughout generations.
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Source: Rollingstone
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