Woodstock 50i is homeless as Watkins Glen International, the auto racetrack that was going to host the event, has pulled out of its contract.
They released a statement Monday saying, "Watkins Glen International terminated the site license for Woodstock pursuant to provisions of the contract. As such, WGI will not be hosting the Woodstock 50 festival.”
Gregory Peck, one of Woodstock founder Michael Lang's financial partners for the 50th celebration, says, “We confirm that we will not be moving forward with Watkins Glen as a venue for Woodstock 50. We are in discussions with another venue to host Woodstock 50 on August 16th, 17th and 18th and look forward to sharing the new location when tickets go on sale in the coming weeks.”
Lang has his work cut out for him because despite New York being the 27th largest state in the country with lots of open space, he wants a location that offers what he called green field -- a large area for camping.
Michael Lang on what it took to find Watkins Glen as the site for Woodstock:
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