Fires and rioting marked the final night of Woodstock ’99.

The 30th anniversary of the most well-known festival in music story ended in volatility and is remembered in infamy.

However, Michael Lang said the music industry in the last 20 years has better learned how to handle large-scale festivals. And, the co-founder of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969 said he has been careful to avoid pitfalls of the past in planning Woodstock 50.

"We were the only show in town, people came from all over the world," Lang said of previous Woodstock festivals. "It’s a very different world now, there are festivals in every city in America."

Woodstock 50 is scheduled for Aug. 16-18 at Watkins Glen International raceway. Around 100,000 visitors are expected to flood the Finger Lakes area for the massive event, though organizers believe they’ve taken the necessary steps to ensure the anniversary party doesn’t grow out of hand.

Organizers attended a public meeting in Watkins Glen Wednesday to shed light on plans that include camping packages for concert-goers and security measures.

Each day is expected to feature at least 13 hours of music. While ticket details are still unknown, organizers say single-day tickets will not be sold.

"It’s a celebration of the values of Woodstock, ones we think are pertinent today," said Lang, who also organized Woodstock '94. "We're hoping to educate people as well is giving them a once in a lifetime experience."

Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus and The Killers are among the headliners on a list of more than 80 musical acts spread out over four stages. Of those, one smaller stage will be geared toward more acoustic acts, organizers said. A fifth stage will also feature speakers, comedians and other performers.

The original festival was held Aug. 15-18, 1969, in Sullivan County. Organizers anticipate people arriving in the Watkins Glen area as early as Aug. 14 this summer.

Bands will begin each of the three days at 11 a.m. with acts ending at midnight, with the exception of Saturday evening which will see Dead and Company play a two and a half hour set slated to end at 1 a.m.

Organizers say they reached out to the teams that put on the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee and Okeechobee festival in Florida on how to deal with the logistics of a festival of this size.

They've also been careful in what acts were invited, as compared to 20 years ago.

"It was kind of an angry time musically in our country and they were bands that got people excited like Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine," said Lang. "These are much kinder acts... some of them are new, some of them are older, all of them are great."

No single-day tickets; camping available

While details on ticket pricing are still unavailable, promoters said there will be no single-day tickets available for purchase. There will be packages that include camping, with more swanky "glamping" packages available, or attendees can fend for themselves, though lodging in the area has been selling out quickly.

The event's team are still hammering out details of the number of tickets that will be made available when tickets do finally go on sale. Previously organizers have said tickets will go on sale April 22. They do know that they will cap campsite sales at 27,000 and there is a limit of four people per campsite.

Cars will be searched for prohibited materials before being allowed onto the campgrounds and will not be allowed to re-enter upon leaving the site. Tickets not including a camping package will have access to day parking. The festival is also working with Waze, the popular navigation app, to help manage traffic flow during the event.

All musical programming will be held within Watkins Glen International. Most vendors will be in the concert area as well with the exception of a few vendors who will be make up "hubs" in the campgrounds.

There will be security patrols of the area surrounding the event to ensure that people are not trespassing or vandalizing and there will be approximately 1,100 private security guards in at the event as well as heightened numbers of state police and Chemung, Steuben and Schuyler County sheriffs. A large-scale health care service called ParaDocs will be handling medical services onsite.

The meeting Wednesday was the first in a planned series of monthly meetings in Watkins Glen to inform locals of the planning process. Schuyler County Administrator Timothy O’Hearn had previously said a a State Environmental Quality Review, required for the event permit application, should begin in April. The county legislature has up to 45 days before an event to issue a permit for the event to be held.