Compensate attendees of Fraudulent 2015 Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival
The First Annual Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival, organized by Elite Event Management, LLC and administered by David Feldman, Kevin Baxter and others was grossly oversold (~27,000 attendees in the K-lot parking area of Lincoln Field). Tickets were sold for $20 (entrance only), $40 (entrance plus t-shirt and 10 vouchers for cheesesteak samples) and $60 (same as $40 package plus access to private dining area and zipline/mechanical bull rides). Because there were only 40-50 vendors all packed into the parking lot (700+ people per vendor), the lines were prohibitively long and slow-moving. It was impossible to use all of the food vouchers in the allotted time (11am-5pm), particularly when the event started late (approximately 11:20 am). The majority of the attendees were standing in long, snaking lines for hours...unable to enjoy the carnival section or any other events. The dining area was largely empty. Kevin Baxter, who identified himself as the marketer for this event has reached out via telephone to many disgruntled attendees, offering free tickets for next years event, but in the absence of knowing whether or not there will actually be an event next year, and seeing how this first year event went so poorly due to overcrowding, letting 27K people in for free next year will almost guarantee another overcrowding disaster. To that end, we the undersigned are requesting a full refund of the ticket price, including Ticketmaster fees.
Updates
October 29, 2015
The stories of people waiting hours for nothing are infuriating. We are still demanding actual refunds instead of empty promises for next year.
October 29, 2015
The momentum behind this is undeniable. It is clear that nobody has forgotten the disaster at the stadium.
30 Comments
Took over an hour to park ($20), the walk to get it was forever, waited again to get in the gate. Only used 1 food voucher each out of 10 (again REALLY long lines). We did not get t-shirts as that line was ridiculous. Left and went somewhere else for a cheesesteak. It was very disappointing! And I feel I was totally ripped off! Would like to see some positive action on the organizers part.
Impossible to get 10 samples when lines were close to 1 hour long and event lasted only 6 hours. T-shirt I finally got was not right size. Refund should be made for not receiving the products I paid for.
Event oversold, unorganized, lines too long, not enough time to use all of my 10 vouchers.
The people running this should be ashamed and refund in full every ticket holders money, as well as each vendors entry fee.
I want my money back. I got absolutely nothing but a tee shirt that was 3 sizes too small for the money I paid. I was supposed to have 10 cheesesteak samples. Not forced to buy my own.
Horrible event, dangerously crowded, I am in the process of getting money back. Never again should something like this happen.
Gimme my money
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Compensate attendees of Fraudulent 2015 Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival
The First Annual Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival, organized by Elite Event Management, LLC and administered by David Feldman, Kevin Baxter and others was grossly oversold (~27,000 attendees in the K-lot parking area of Lincoln Field). Tickets were sold for $20 (entrance only), $40 (entrance plus t-shirt and 10 vouchers for cheesesteak samples) and $60 (same as $40 package plus access to private dining area and zipline/mechanical bull rides). Because there were only 40-50 vendors all packed into the parking lot (700+ people per vendor), the lines were prohibitively long and slow-moving. It was impossible to use all of the food vouchers in the allotted time (11am-5pm), particularly when the event started late (approximately 11:20 am). The majority of the attendees were standing in long, snaking lines for hours...unable to enjoy the carnival section or any other events. The dining area was largely empty. Kevin Baxter, who identified himself as the marketer for this event has reached out via telephone to many disgruntled attendees, offering free tickets for next years event, but in the absence of knowing whether or not there will actually be an event next year, and seeing how this first year event went so poorly due to overcrowding, letting 27K people in for free next year will almost guarantee another overcrowding disaster. To that end, we the undersigned are requesting a full refund of the ticket price, including Ticketmaster fees.
Updates
October 29, 2015
The stories of people waiting hours for nothing are infuriating. We are still demanding actual refunds instead of empty promises for next year.
October 29, 2015
The momentum behind this is undeniable. It is clear that nobody has forgotten the disaster at the stadium.
30 Comments
This event was completely and knowingly oversold by the organizers. Due to the gross and blatant mismanagement of the event and activities, we were unable to obtain the products and services we paid for with this event. We purchased VIP or "Works" tickets and due to negligence on the event organizers part we are requesting a full refund of our purchase.
Took over an hour to park ($20), the walk to get it was forever, waited again to get in the gate. Only used 1 food voucher each out of 10 (again REALLY long lines). We did not get t-shirts as that line was ridiculous. Left and went somewhere else for a cheesesteak. It was very disappointing! And I feel I was totally ripped off! Would like to see some positive action on the organizers part.
Impossible to get 10 samples when lines were close to 1 hour long and event lasted only 6 hours. T-shirt I finally got was not right size. Refund should be made for not receiving the products I paid for.
Event oversold, unorganized, lines too long, not enough time to use all of my 10 vouchers.
The people running this should be ashamed and refund in full every ticket holders money, as well as each vendors entry fee.
I want my money back. I got absolutely nothing but a tee shirt that was 3 sizes too small for the money I paid. I was supposed to have 10 cheesesteak samples. Not forced to buy my own.
Horrible event, dangerously crowded, I am in the process of getting money back. Never again should something like this happen.
Gimme my money
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This event was completely and knowingly oversold by the organizers. Due to the gross and blatant mismanagement of the event and activities, we were unable to obtain the products and services we paid for with this event. We purchased VIP or "Works" tickets and due to negligence on the event organizers part we are requesting a full refund of our purchase.