Tuesday, the mayor said the event was oversold by thousands of tickets.
"We will be dealing with them in the next few days based on their behavior and actions," Adams said."You had thousands of people who were not allowed to enter the location because of over ticket sales, and we handled the influx appropriately."
Electric Zoo organizers have said ticketholders who were not able to get into the festival will get a refund.
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