8 Coachella Facts You May (Or May Not!) Know
By: Judy Lee ‘17
The original Coachella tickets were sold for $50 a day in 1999
The first Coachella was also in the dumps financially, acquiring a whopping $800k in debt
Attendees weren’t allowed to pitch tents until 2003
Rascal Flatts announced the death of Osama Bin Laden on stage at Coachella in 2011
The city of Coachella only has 40k residents
90 people were arrested in 2013
2004 was the first year Coachella sold out, with Radiohead headlining
In 2012, Coachella made a gross profit of over $47 million
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