Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tweeted on February 18th that the company’s second "Giga Fest" event would be held at Gigafactory Texas on April 1st. In less than four hours, the calendar had flipped to the 7th. It may have been a case of Musk not wanting a super serious event to fall on a not-so-serious day. Or it might have been the fact that April 1st did not align with Travis County Fire Marshal guidelines.

We know Musk is a comic in his own right. While some of his jokes have gotten him into hot water, there are some that are pretty funny. Musk recently said that much of his Twitter time is spent in the bathroom on the porcelain throne, which is where he may have gone wrong in his calculations for Giga Fest 2.0 at Giga Texas.

Upon some digging, I noticed that anyone looking to have a gathering of more than a reasonable amount of people must file and submit a "Mass Gathering Permit" with the County. A mass gathering is considered by Travis County as any event that is expected to attract more than 2500 people, or more than 500 people if at least 51 percent of the attendees will be under 21 and there will be alcohol sold, served, or consumed. It also defines the event as anything that will be more than five hours long, and any event that may take place between 10 pm or 4 am.

Gigafactory Texas, despite being located in Austin, is not in the City Limits and therefore falls outside the City’s jurisdiction. Travis County handles any regulatory processes regarding Gigafactory Texas.

However, when Musk Tweeted on February 18th that Giga Fest, Texas would occur on April 1st, he did not realize the number one rule of the Travis County Mass Gathering Permit filing process, the filing must occur at least 45 days before the event.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Joey Klender at teslarati.

My Take: I wish I could be there to check out that state of the art factory in person.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tweeted on February 18th that the company’s second "Giga Fest" event would be held at Gigafactory Texas on April 1st. In less than four hours, the calendar had flipped to the 7th. It may have been a case of Musk not wanting a super serious event to fall on a not-so-serious day. Or it might have been the fact that April 1st did not align with Travis County Fire Marshal guidelines.

We know Musk is a comic in his own right. While some of his jokes have gotten him into hot water, there are some that are pretty funny. Musk recently said that much of his Twitter time is spent in the bathroom on the porcelain throne, which is where he may have gone wrong in his calculations for Giga Fest 2.0 at Giga Texas.

Upon some digging, I noticed that anyone looking to have a gathering of more than a reasonable amount of people must file and submit a "Mass Gathering Permit" with the County. A mass gathering is considered by Travis County as any event that is expected to attract more than 2500 people, or more than 500 people if at least 51 percent of the attendees will be under 21 and there will be alcohol sold, served, or consumed. It also defines the event as anything that will be more than five hours long, and any event that may take place between 10 pm or 4 am.

Gigafactory Texas, despite being located in Austin, is not in the City Limits and therefore falls outside the City’s jurisdiction. Travis County handles any regulatory processes regarding Gigafactory Texas.

However, when Musk Tweeted on February 18th that Giga Fest, Texas would occur on April 1st, he did not realize the number one rule of the Travis County Mass Gathering Permit filing process, the filing must occur at least 45 days before the event.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Joey Klender at teslarati.

My Take: I wish I could be there to check out that state of the art factory in person.

Re Posted From: Tesla Giga Fest In Texas Is Moved To April 7th

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