Day two of the HARD Summer music festival is taking place in Inglewood Sunday, and officials say the new changes to soften the noise levels are proving to be successful after getting numerous complaints last year.
Concertgoers flocked to Hollywood Park, where the rave is set to go on from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The music festival received numerous complaints the year prior from some South Bay communities, most notably neighboring El Segundo. The surge of complaints prompted the city of Inglewood to ban concerts from SoFi Stadium’s American Airlines Plaza.
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts says this year the organizers repositioned the stages and changed the direction of the speakers to project to the front.
Butts says last year he heard from multiple elected officials from surrounding cities and people complaining about the noise. This year, he has not received any complaints and instead has received compliments from people who appreciate the difference in the sound level, according to the mayor.
Despite the changes, many people took to social media to complain about the noise, including some neighbors who claimed to have called the Inglewood Police Department to complain about the noise level.
“The event is going on right now, we are not a half mile from So-fi, you don’t hear any vibrations, you don’t hear any sound,” said Mayor Butts. “We have people that live in the Renaissance they didn’t complain, my buddy Brian in Redondo Beach he heard it last year, says it’s entirely different. So I have to go with objective reality, objective reality says that maybe somebody is exaggerating.”
Attendees of the festival say they feel for the neighbors, but point out that the concert only goes on until 10 p.m.
“Sucks for the neighborhood, it is a short time, so I guess it’s something if you’re in the area you kind of know, it isn’t always fair, but where else are you going to have it,” said a concertgoer.
People who live in the area tell NBC4 that it’s better compared to last year, when they not only heard it but also felt the vibrations, and now this is something they don’t mind living next to.
Source: NBC Los Angeles