The incident damaged trust in the festival brand. Attendance dropped in subsequent years, and TIMF was eventually discontinued after 2018. The “slammed” narrative became a case study in festival safety planning, often cited alongside Fyre Festival (though less fraudulent, equally mismanaged in logistics).
The second way Treasure Island is being slammed is by affordable housing advocates and politicians. slammed treasure island
When the city approved the Treasure Island Development Project in 2011, the promise was glittering: a solar-powered, carbon-neutral, LEED-Platinum community. Crucially, the plan mandated that 25% of all new units be "affordable" to low- and middle-income families. The incident damaged trust in the festival brand
But in 2024/2025, those promises are under fire. The second way Treasure Island is being slammed
Treasure Island sits just 13 feet above sea level at its highest point. With climate models predicting the bay will rise by as much as 7 feet by 2100, engineers are in a race against the tide.
The current $5 billion redevelopment plan calls for raising the entire island by 3 to 7 feet using compacted fill. Critics have slammed the plan as a "leaky band-aid." Sea-level rise experts argue that by the time the last condo is sold in 2035, the data will already be outdated.
"Building hundreds of millions of dollars of luxury housing on a landfill in a rising bay is insanity," said Dr. Helena Marks, a coastal geologist. "Treasure Island is going to be slammed by storm surges before the mortgage is paid off."