Despite this, the organization continued to sell tickets under the great incentive that it would be the last concert of Daddy Yankee in Spain before his withdrawal.
Sources from the Madrid City Council, which manages the rental of the Caja Mágica through the municipal company Madrid Destino, have explained to EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA, a newspaper that belongs to the Prensa Ibérica group as well as this medium, that, from the outset, ” organizers submitted the documentation after the deadline”, as well as incomplete.
“They were warned. And when they saw that they didn’t have time, that the festival was upon them, They decided to change their location, despite the fact that they announced that it would be in La Caja Mágica”, these same sources continue. “They never got the license. For an event of these characteristics it is not enough to pay the rent, you have to present acoustic and security plans. We have found out about what happened afterwards through the press.”
The promoters presented the documentation to use the Caja Mágica at the beginning of July, according to information provided by the City Council. The festival, which was originally going to be in 2020 at IFEMA but was canceled that year and the next due to the pandemic, announced that it would bring Daddy Yankee in April 2022. At that time there was also a change dates, in addition to several modifications in the poster. Despite the delays of the organization managing the permits, the location of the Magic Box was planned from 2021.
The 2020 poster, headed by the singer who calls himself The goat and by Bad Bunny, he was transformed. Jay Cortez, Ptazeta, El Jincho, Nio García, Lennis Rodríguez or Beny Jr They were scheduled to perform at the San Fermín neighborhood venue on June 24 and 25. But all of them were disappearing from the lineups after the announcement that Daddy Yankee was joining the poster this year. With this incorporation the festival was delayed to this weekend, on July 15 and 16.
Behind Pure Reggaeton is the group Hermanos Toroorganizers of major events such as the Dreambeach Fest in Almería.
A spokesman for the company explained late on Thursday to this newspaper that the change from the Caja Mágica to the Wanda was due to its “difficult” entry and exit plan, the “bad arrival by public transport” and the “technical difficulties in setting up the sound and audiovisual production that Daddy Yankee asks of us”. Since then she has not answered any more questions and his phone remains off. EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA, a newspaper that belongs to the Prensa Ibérica group like this medium, has tried to contact another person in charge of the company without success.
In statements to the newspaper El País, this same spokesman explained that they proposed the change of venue in April, when they announced Daddy Yankee and increased the number of tickets sold. “There already we realized that perhaps La Caja Mágica was not prepared to welcome so many people. 18,000 yes, but 35,000 no. Then came different events at La Caja Mágica and until June we couldn’t see on the ground if that venue was capable of hosting the festival. And we found out that it wasn’t.”
At that time, according to the version of the company in El País, they decided to change the venue and move the concerts to the Wanda. However, according to the Community of Madrid —in charge of managing the events in this stadium— the request did not arrive until this Tuesday, July 12, just three days before the celebration of the festival when the minimum term to carry out the procedures is thirty days.
The Community denied the license because the plan did not meet “the necessary security requirements”.
In a statement issued on Thursday night after learning of the decision of the Community of Madrid, the company charged against the administration, which it accused of “clear unwillingness for this event to take place.” On Friday morning, when the region confirmed that the festival would not take place, the company removed all content from the event’s website, leaving only a logo. “Madrid is on,” they said. But it won’t.