Daytona Beach-Except for the roar of forklift engines and the metal crash of staff working on the towering main stage scaffolding, Tuesday afternoon at the infield of Daytona International Speedway was a quiet afternoon.

All this has changed from Thursday, when heavy metal leaders such as Metallica, Disturbed, Slipknot, etc. will perform at Welcome to Rockville. This is a four-day music festival. By Sunday, there will be nearly 70 bands in Daytona Beach. Debut.

As a popular outdoor concert festival in Jacksonville, it has a history of nearly ten years. Welcome to Rockville was originally scheduled to make its debut in Daytona Beach in May 2020. However, due to large gatherings and events in the coronavirus The event was closed during the peak season and the event was cancelled.

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According to Los Angeles-based event promoter Danny Wimmer Presents, in 2019, the latest music festival attracted 99,000 music fans to Jacksonville’s Metropolitan Park.

This year's version is expected to attract approximately 40,000 viewers per day, which has been extended from three days to four days, excluding the list of additional pre-party bands on Wednesday night.

The pre-party is an exclusive show for 10,000 fans, and tickets include camping on the 180-acre expansive infield on the track. The camping area inside the track is open at noon on Wednesday.

For non-campers, Danny Wimmer Presents will provide free 50 hours of streaming performances on the company's Twitch online streaming channel Twitch.tv/DWPresents throughout the holiday season to show part of the Wednesday evening show.

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Performances that will appear on Twitch throughout the festival. The company provides such performances for the first time, including slipknot, interference, Rob Zombie, mud, stain, anthracnose, Cypress Mountain, and social distortions.

Chamie McCurry, chief marketing officer of Danny Wimmer Presents, said that the track’s space and infrastructure resources will provide fans and performers with better experience opportunities.

“We had another festival in September, and the campsite was 5 miles away, so we had to pick up people to participate in the event,” McCurry said. "It's great to have everyone here, to have a place that can accommodate 10,000 people and can accommodate 40,000 people? It's amazing."

The space will also help manage the flow of people, which took away eight spectators during a large-scale outdoor performance by rapper Travis Scott at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston on Friday A question in the news after the tragedy of life.

When the crowd flocked to the stage while Scott performed, the squeeze and chaos killed eight fans ranging in age from 14 to 27 and hurt many others. That concert was organized by other companies — Texas-based ScoreMore and national promoter Live Nation — and are now facing investigations and lawsuits related to the way the show is organized.

"We strive to create movement and crowd movement throughout the day," McCurry said of the events produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. "We have been doing something to provide a safe environment."

McCurry said that this includes the existence of sound and video systems, which provide a major vantage point for the performance of the entire venue.

In addition, the average age of fans who are expected to welcome to Rockville is in their 30s, and this group usually includes adults with teenage children, she said.

"This is a very different event, a very different audience, and a very different website," she said. "This is a very, very large website."

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She said that the staff arrived more than a week ago and began to assemble the music festival on the huge track infield. She said that including stage staff, technicians, suppliers and administrative staff, thousands of workers will participate in the exhibition.

She said that this is a workforce that includes Speedway employees.

On Tuesday, workers finished the colorful mural that stretched between the infield camping area and the space zebra stage. The heavy metal royal metal band will make headlines on Friday and Sunday.

 Along the middle almost as long as the track stands, there is a booth dedicated to the band’s iconic brand Blackened American Whisky. It competes for attention with other vendors who sell everything from souvenir T-shirts to RVs.

The art installation on the lawn has been decorated with photo-worthy album cover art from the event marquee, and other murals will be created by the artist on-site during the festival.

Rock fans also have the opportunity to buy early bird tickets to welcome to Rockville to return to the track next year. The festival is scheduled to take place from May 19th to 22nd.

This is good news for regional hoteliers and tourism-related companies, who have already given enthusiastic comments on the positive impact of the festival’s traditionally slow travel time throughout the year.

"It's a home run," said Rob Burnetti, general manager of the 212-room Shores Resort & Spa on the Daytona Beach Shores. This is a huge number of bookings that began soon after the event was announced. One of many hotels.

McCurry said that for festival promoters, Daytona Beach's move also provides growth potential.

"An important goal for us to bring this festival to Daytona Beach is to have the opportunity to become a truly international event," she said. "Orlando is on this street, so there are many opportunities for international flights. Daytona is the most famous beach in the world, and you have a race track. People have a lot of things to do."