Could Coachella Leave the Empire Polo Club?

The LA Weekly points out the wildly popular three-day event would take a year off and find a new venue if a proposed tax initiative makes it on the November ballot:

“[W]e’re going to take off 2014,” [Goldenvoice president Paul] Tollett threatened to the Desert Sun, which covers Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. “2015 we’ll be at a new facility outside of Indio.”

The measure, proposed by councilman Sam Torres, applies to 2014 and would require an extra five to ten percent tax on admissions fees to events with attendance above 2,500 people.