Following the July 12 incident that saw hundreds of people rush the gates at the rapper's Yankee Stadium show, security professionals discuss best practices.
A member of security stands outside the stadium before the Taylor Swift Eras Tour five night residency at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England.
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Jay-Z didn’t take the stage until 12:18 a.m. ET on Sunday (July 12) at Yankee Stadium — more than four hours after the show was scheduled to start. The delay came after hundreds of people without tickets pushed past security in order to enter the stadium, leading to an hours-long shutdown that left many ticketholders standing outside — and forcing the venue, along with Jay-Z and his team, to determine how best to manage the situation. In the wake of the incident, Billboard spoke to several event safety experts about whether the response to the Yankee Stadium situation was typical, how venues can best prepare for these kinds of security breaches and how FOMO could play a role in these incidents happening in the first place.
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