Arrivals and departures sometimes involve long waiting times.

Ebreichsdorf. According to the police, the Rolling Loud hip-hop festival in Ebreichsdorf, which ended on Sunday, was “very quiet”. However, what caused excitement was the arrival and departure situation, resulting in long waits in public transport and private cars.

Organizer Klaus Lützeb, who co-organized the festival with Live Nation, tried to better manage the flow of visitors with “travel tickets” that had to be booked in advance, after similar problems had already been recorded at a Metallica concert. Racino site in early June. However, it was already pointed out on Sunday that the canceled special ÖBB trains were primarily causing the delay. ÖBB is responsible for this. According to reports, the departure was scheduled for three hours and could be completed in two and a half hours.

So Leutgeb firmly rejected the criticism of noe.orf.at. This time the arrival and departure comment was “not working well, not great, but exciting”. Reports of long wait times “simply don’t match the facts,” Ludjeb said, referring to the emergency services’ balance sheet. When it comes to future events in Ebreichsdorf, he is optimistic in an interview with noe.ORF.at: “We are here to stay.”

130,000 guests over three days

According to Raimund Schweigerlehner of the Lower Austria State Police Directorate, 71 complaints and 135 administrative violations were registered under the Criminal Code. He spoke to an audience of 130,000 to 140,000 people over the three days of the festival, along with stars like Nicki Minaj, Playboy Cardi and Travis Scott.

Criminal complaints are made mainly for theft, property damage and robbery. Citing experience gained at other festivals, the number may increase. For example theft cases are sometimes reported late. (edition)