In its debut year, Scott recreated the seasonally-themed park known as Astroworld. At the debut event, some of the theme park’s original signs -- that had been in a Houston warehouse for a decade -- were featured.
The event is now a mix of music festival and carnival rides and games.
The lineup for Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival on Nov. 17, 2018.Organizers released this artwork announcing the inaugural season of Astroworld Festival in November 2018.Rapper Slim Thug performs onstage during Travis Scott's inaugural Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 17, 2018, in Houston, Texas. (Rick Kern/WireImage)
The Astroworld Festival has been held at the 350-acre NRG Park since its inception. The location is just across the highway from the former site of the namesake theme park that once called downtown Houston home.
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The sold-out festival was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but Scott promised to bring the event back saying in a Twitter post, “See you next year at AstroWorld Fest 2021...can’t wait to turn the (expletive) up! Stay Safe! THE PARTY NEVER ENDS.”
At about 9:15 p.m. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena said the crowd, which numbered an estimated 50,000, compressed toward the front of the stage and people began to panic and people began to “fall out” and become unconscious. Authorities, seeing the triggered event, began transporting people to hospitals at around 9:38 p.m.
