Steve Marcus Carnival visitors enjoy the light during the electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 24, 2011, By Conor Shine (contact) is published on Friday, June 24, 2011 | 10: 26 p.m.Updated Friday 24 June 2011 | 11: 25 p.m. http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2011/jun/25/5277/KNSV coverage of the opening of the three-day electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, June 24, 2011.The lights are on, the music is playing, and as long as everything smoothly at the electric Daisy Carnvial, said Metro Police.
"so far, so good," says Capt. Dave O'Leary. "It has been very mild. Folks have been behaving themselves. "
From 9: 30 p.m. said it reported no arrests as people continued to archive in through the front doors, but there were about 20-30 medical incidents, mainly heat related, police. The show was scheduled to start at 8
More than 250,000 people are expected to descend on Las Vegas Motor Speedway during three nights of electronic dance music festival, which will show 140 DJs, 25 carnival rides, light shows and art installations.
Security at the event has been a concern. At an electric Daisy Carnival in Dallas last Saturday, a man died and more than two dozen others were hospitalized for drug-, alcohol-and heat-related medical emergencies.
In Las Vegas, there is a large Metro police presence at the event, which is also the projects to be staffed by private security, and about 80 medical dependents.
Traffic to the event has been slow, but it has not been any accidents near speedway, O'Leary said.
"The biggest challenge now is to get people blocked," he said.
With the sun down, temperatures in the Valley have fallen to 95 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, and is expected to dip as low as 81 degrees overnight as the party rages on until sunrise.
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