The Fyre Festival settlement reveals the true cost of schadenfreude — $7,220 a pop
The organizers of Fyre Festival - think: The Hunger Games, but for influencers - have agreed to a settlement with 277 attendees for $7,220 apiece, The New York Times reports.
Tickets for the 2017 luxury" music festival on a remote island in the Bahamas that actually turned out to be a beach full of FEMA tents and some pathetic cheese sandwiches, cost anywhere from $1,000 to as much as $12,000 - more if you bought a package deal. Yes, really, because Fyre Festival organizers, while apparently not adept enough to coordinate hotel bookings and a caterer, did enlist big-name Instagram stars to sing the praises of the inaugural event, including Kendall Jenner, who received $250,000 for a post she's since deleted.
Organizers also (falsely)...