Organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival that's winding down in Las Vegas this weekend are among the event producers who fear new changes to Nevada's tax law could endanger their festivals' futures.
Nevada lawmakers recently passed a bill that imposes a 9 percent tax on most live entertainment tickets and replaces a complicated tax structure that was riddled with exemptions.
Any events in venues that hold at least 15,000 people are now liable to pay the tax, even if the organizers have nonprofit status. That means a $360 weekend pass for the Electric Daisy Carnival could come with an extra fee of about $30.
Festivals organizers call the tax misguided and detrimental. Nevada is home to major festivals including Burning Man and Rock in Rio.
