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"Inside Burlington, Vt.'s city-owned Memorial Auditorium Monday, a few pieces of confetti were apparently the only leftovers from a massive party Friday night. The Massachusetts-based Barstool Blackout Tour brought its raging beats and intense light displays to Burlington for a night of loud dancing.Promoter Dave Portnoy told New England Cable News about 2,400 people had tickets to the party. Burlington Police said they had to take 16 of them to be detoxed at nearby health centers. Police said they also issued some of those young people tickets for violating Vermont's underage drinking policy. Some received tickets or court citations for other offenses, too, including disorderly conduct and using a fake ID, police said.NECN spoke with several University of Vermont students familiar with Blackout bashes. They told us they were not surprised at what happened at or just outside the dance party. \"It's really fun, but a lot of kids are intoxicated,\" said Alanna Freedman, a UVM sophomore.\"I think it's really unfortunate that people feel the need to take it to that level, because at that point, you don't even remember the show,\" added UVM senior Gigi Veve.All of the detox patients were under 21, according to a Burlington Police Dept. press release. One was under 18. It appears they got wasted before even arriving at the auditorium, acknowledged Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger.The party left the city with some minor damage to clean up, including a broken window, broken exit sign, and torn curtains, said Jesse Bridges, the city\u2019s new Parks and Recreation Dept. director.Mayor Weinberger, a democrat, told reporters Monday the incidents have prompted a review of city policies. \"We could have had someone die on Friday night. We're lucky we didn't,\" he said.Weinberger said the city never should've approved the rental in the first place, admitting Burlington had no protocol in place to closely scrutinize applicants. The site use approval came, coincidentally, on the same day this past spring that Weinberger was sworn into office, meaning he would have been unaware of the shortcomings in that department\u2019s policy. He said the Burlington Parks and Recreation Dept. employee who approved the Blackout application will not face any repercussions, because there were no rules or criteria in place that the worker should have following.Weinberger added that the incidents will likely speed up implementation of a city-wide facility usage policy, noting that different locations currently have different rules and approaches for event booking and management. In the case of the Barstool Blackout response, Weinberger said Burlington needs to look at what behavior it is enabling by renting out its property. \"I'm certainly not looking to turn Burlington into a 'nanny state,'\u201D he said. \u201CI do think, however, it is fair of us to take stock of this incident and say, 'What should the city be promoting, facilitating, and enabling in its properties?'\"The promoter, Dave Portnoy, told NECN he was surprised at the hubbub, when only 16 out of 2,400 customers got into trouble. \"I don't think anything we did that night was unusual,\" Portnoy said. \"If the mayor thinks canceling these events will stop these kids from drinking, he's out of his mind. They may actually be safer at Blackout, because we have security.\"Portnoy faced similar criticism over events in Boston earlier this year. Interviewed by NECN in early February, Portnoy said, \"We don't want  drinking beforehand if they're not of age, but when they get there, there's certainly no one drinking if they're not of age.\"But Mayor Weinberger, who said it has been several decades since Burlington has seen more incidents from one event that required medical attention, is convinced the party culture contributed to excessive alcohol consumption. \"I do have a fundamental problem with an event that is going to endanger public safety,\" he said.It appears the Barstool Blackout Tour will need to find a new venue if it returns to Burlington. Mayor Weinberger says a request for a date in February will be denied."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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