Burning Man organizers are suing the federal government, over millions of dollars in permit fees.
Jim Urquhart | Reuters
Black Rock City, the nonprofit that produces the annual Burning Man event, filed the lawsuit Dec. 13 in U.S. District Court in Washington.they're tired of waiting over the past four years for the bureau to provide justification for the nearly $3 million it charges annually for a permit to hold the 80,000-person event in the Black Rock Desert about 100 miles north of Reno.
The Burning Man organization is seeking "relief from defendants' ongoing, unlawful and prejudicial conduct towards that threatens the viability of the iconic Burning Man event," the lawsuit said.
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