5. Even Before it Began
When Klemesrud penned her piece for the New York Times, she also had something to say about the post-show devastation. “90 acres of rolling meadow turned into the world’s largest garbage dump,” she reported. “Even before the Grateful Dead struck their first chord… the main streets of Watkins Glen, three miles away, were disaster areas, littered with beer cans, broken beer bottles, fast‐food wrappings, and vomit.” Today’s events are also like this, but planners have developed better means to clean up and manage the crowds.