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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Organizers of a southern Nevada festival that sent thousands of paper lanterns floating into the desert sky are apologizing for logistical problems that left crowds waiting for shuttle buses for hours.
Producers of the RiSE Festival held Saturday night issued a statement saying they thought they had a good busing plan, but were wrong.
Many attendees said they enjoyed the spectacle of some 20,000 illuminated lanterns rising above a dry lake bed in Jean, Nevada. But attendee Kristen Albrecht told KTNV-TV that frustrated people waiting for shuttle buses at the end of the event started pushing and yelling at each other.
RiSE founder Dan Hill says problems cropped up in part because bus contracts expired at 11 p.m., before all attendees were out.
About 10,000 people were scheduled to attend.
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