Another major announcement was made today by Goldenvoice. With only 18 days to go until the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the promoters have announced the purchase of two hundred and eighty acres of land comprised of Eldorado Polo Club, Triangle Bar Farms, Fish Creek and Ambassador Glen Holden’s property. The terms of transaction were not disclosed. There was no mention of the Empire Polo Club that actually holds the Coachella and Stagecoach festival stages.

This is a great news to hear, especially when a few years ago word got out that the land was going to go up for sale. This left a lot of people wondering what would be the future of the annual festivals.

Over the past years Goldenvoice have funded many improvements to the city of Indio and the Empire Polo Club in order to support the mass exodus of music lovers that return every year. The 2011 festival was over 200,000 square feet larger. Approximately 90,000 people are expected each day during the sold out festival for two weekends in a row, and then there is Stagecoach on the third weekend. So with this latest purchase of land we can only hope some more improvements to follow. We’re hoping for the end of porta-potties and a better parking situation.