Vanilla Ice is throwing a Fourth of July concert in the thick of pandemic hotspot Texas. The 2,500 capacity event wil take place at an Austin venue where all other bars are closed due to coronavirus.
The Independence Day Throwback Beach Party is happening thanks to a legal loophole. The venue set to host Ice’s patriotic bunfight — Emerald Point Bar & Grill— is technically a restaurant.
The Lake Travis venue is categorized as a restaurant because at least 51% of its sales are attributed to food, so it has been required that they only reduce restaurant capacity to 50%. In addition to the restaurant, the venue also has a large capacity outdoor general admission concert space. Fans attending the party won’t have to listen to the recommended coronavirus guidelines that seek to eliminate large crowds.
“I can’t wait to get back to this,” Vanilla Ice shared in a statement. “The ’90s were the best. We didn’t have coronavirus, or cell phones, or computers. We had 5.0’s, blockbuster, Beavis and Butthead, Wayne’s World, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan … Mortal Kombat is still better than Fortnight … the last of the great decades.”
The party will sell 2,500 tickets, roughly half of the venue’s potential capacity. Tickets are being sold from $25 for general admission to $300 for VIP seating (the latter is sold out).
The concert follows Texas Governor Greg Abbots orders for all bars to re-close due to a spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The state announced, 8,076 new cases, a record daily high. The test positivity rate for tests the Austin area is now at 28 per cent.
Perhaps we should just keep all punters attending this absolute clusterfuck trapped in the venue and let Darwinism take its course. Imagine risking it all for a Vanilla Ice concert. That is true nihilism baby.
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