We want to take a moment to acknowledge the severe weather event at Red Rocks last night and offer our sincere best wishes to everyone affected by last night’s storms across Colorado.The next morning, Red Rocks took to Twitter and wrote a string of posts: Not all of them were documented in the logs. Base operations announced it would be signing off.īy the end of the night, nearly 100 people sustained injuries. One-inch hail and winds up to 60 miles per hour were likely until midnight. Skyview announced a severe thunderstorm warning. Stagehands were still looking for shovels, this time to help clear the way for loading.ġ1:36 p.m. The Red Rocks tow company was en route to help move cars.ġ1:01 p.m. The venue announced to staff: “Show officially postponed - please check all nooks and crannies for any patrons that may have been hiding from hail and/or may be injured.”ġ0:30 p.m. A white Honda Pilot arrived for medical pickup.ġ0:23 p.m. A Black Volkswagen arrived for medical pickup.ġ0:13: A red Chevy Cruze arrived for medical pickup.ġ0:18 p.m. A vehicle blocked the road by a parking lot near the hiking trail.ġ0:07 p.m. Denver police headed to the upper south accessible lot.ġ0 p.m. A silver Lexus SUV arrived for medical pickup.ĩ:59 p.m. A patron began to lose consciousness and needed medical attention.ĩ:57 p.m. The answer: “Not currently - roads too icy.”ĩ:45: A concertgoer sheltering in the Rock Room passed out.ĩ:48 p.m. Colorado Transport was asked to pick up patrons with disabilities. Stagehands requested shovels to clear hail from the stage before the concert could resume.ĩ:45 p.m. Medics at the backstage door requested backup to take people to the hospital.ĩ:40 p.m. Water flowed toward an electrical panel.ĩ:35 p.m. A patron with a wounded hand came to security.ĩ:35 p.m. More medics were sent out to respond to injuries.ĩ:31 p.m. Medics were requested at the cross-over tunnel.ĩ:30: A person with a head injury waited for help at the stage right door. “DANGEROUS STORM INCOMING - PLEASE SEEK SHELTER,” the venue told staff.ĩ:27 p.m. Two- to three-inch hail was pounding down two miles to the west.ĩ:15 p.m. Skyview notified base operations: “Very dangerous storm moving quick.” It was 5-10 minutes out from the venue. Please seek shelter.” A weather alert appeared on the venue screen.ĩ:14 p.m. Seek Shelter.”ĩ:09: Base operations notified the venue: “Weather delay. Skyview announced there was a risk again.ĩ:01: Argus announced “Attention Red Rocks - lightning warning. Lightning struck five miles to the north. Workers came to the Argus check-in to pick up more trash.Ĩ:58 p.m. ![]() Base operations declared an “All Clear.” The concert resumed.Ĩ:43 p.m. Skyview declared “All Clear.” The last lightning strike was four miles from the venue, and the storm was moving away.Ĩ:31 p.m. Argus opened the Rock Room, a 200-seat event center.Ĩ:30 p.m. Base operations declared a weather delay and told patrons to seek shelter.Ĩ:21 p.m. Denver Police Department ran out of soap. Workers arrived to clean up the mess.Ĩ:03 p.m. Somebody spilled nachos on the south stairs at Row 7. 5,974 tickets were scanned, and the venue was at 75% capacity.Ĩ p.m. Despite the lightning, guests continued to arrive. Skyview declared a 60- to 90-minute lightning risk.ħ:55 p.m. Lightning struck 3.5 miles northwest of the venue. Skyview warned: “Not close enough for delay, but *CAUTION*” The storm was moving very slowly.ħ:53 p.m. Lightning struck six miles to the northwest of the venue. Medics showed up to row 64, looking for the “situation.”ħ:30 p.m. A patron was “not doing well” in Row 62, outside the north stairs.ħ:22 p.m. A total of 5,000 tickets had been scanned, and the venue was 62% full.ħ:18 p.m. ![]() Somebody was climbing rocks near the east stairs of the venue, and security showed up to handle it.ħ:08 p.m. The bus parking lot had too much trash, and facilities staff drove over to remove it.ġ:11 p.m. Staff set up the base operation center.ġ0:31 a.m. So we filed an open records request for the phone logs at the Red Rocks base operations center.Ĩ a.m. ![]() The venue reevaluated its safety policies in the wake of the storm.īut Denverite wanted to know what happened behind the scenes that night. Some were taken to the hospital.Ĭoncertgoers posted dramatic videos on social media of the chaos. They stumbled back from the venue to pummeled cars, only to be stuck in traffic, looking through broken windshields. People broke bones, suffered head injuries and tripped over hail. Remember when hail pounded Red Rocks concertgoers during the Wednesday, June 21 concert by Louis Tomlinson (formerly of the pop group One Direction)?Īttendees squeezed into limited shelter from the storms.
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