Alienstock Documents and Timeline


The Little A'Le'Inn claims they lost money... Really?

Pricing for camp sites has been removed from the Alienstock Parking web site. For those interested what the Inn charged, and for the record, here is a screen shot from their web site. Click to enlarge the screen shot. And yes, we do have a count of occupied camp sites. The numbers have been reported to the Lincoln County planning department and to other concerned agencies.

The Little A'Le'Inn in Rachel claims they lost money in the 2019 event. Let's see... According to conservative estimates the event drew about 3,000 people to Rachel. Camp sites were sold for between $80 and $130, media spots for $1,000. We counted 85 occupied RV Spots ($140 each), 15 media spots ($1000 each), 350 camp sites ($80-130 each) and 500 parking spots ($60 each). You do the math. Per the Cease and Desist letter below we cannot legally do it for you.

Soon after the Alienstock event everyone at the Little AleInn bought brand new cars. Sure, everyone does that after just losing a lot of money.


05/17/2021 Media Coverage: Lawsuit over Alienstock settled for $26,000

The Little A'Le'Inn won a lawsuit against the Hidden Sound LLC, their former partner in the Alienstock event. A few days before the event the parties had a falling out over money and safety and the Hidden Sound LLC pulled out of the chaotic event planning. According to news reports (see below) the Inn received a settlement of $26,000. So, on top of the money they made from the event and the money they made from increased business after the event they just made another $26k selling out our town. We expect they will push for another event and we are fully prepared to fight it to save our town.


09/25/2020 Media Coverage: A year after the Area 51 alien 'raid,' one small town is still cleaning up the mess


09/18/2020 Media Coverage: Storm Area 51 still affects tiny Nevada town a year later

The Little A'Le'Inn now claims Alienstock 2019 cost them $200,000 (with every media interview that number seems to be going up...). One has to wonder: If they lost so much money, why are they so determined to do another event?


09/11/2020 Rachel Webmaster's home invaded by trespassers

Today, on the date the cancelled Alienstock 2020 was scheduled to happen, a team of thugs with cameras besieged the residence of the creator of this web site. The apparent goal of the harassment was to provoke a reaction and to pressure us into giving them an interview. Instead they got to chat at length with the sheriff's deputy and were cited for trespassing. But the footage is out there and we expect the location of our residence to be exposed on the internet. Copycats be warned: We will take appropriate action to protect our residence and our privacy.


07/27/2020 Highway to Rachel (almost) re-paved

Highway 375 was re-paved a few weeks ago. A long overdue repair. Unfortunately, because the county had to spend over $250,000 on Alienstock last year after the organizers failed to take control there was not enough money left to pave the road all the way to Rachel. The last 20 miles remain the old buckled and cracked pavement. So if you visit Rachel and notice the highway being in rough shape, know that it is a direct result of Alienstock 2019.
The residents of Rachel want to thank the Little A'Le'Inn for that!


05/23/2020 Media Coverage: There will be No Alienstock 2020


05/18/2020 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

Update 05/18/2020: In today's meeting the Little A'Le'Inn stated that they had failed to secure a sponsor for Alienstock 2020 and that there will not be an event this year. However, they are still advertising the event and they mentioned plans for a similar event in future years.

  
Concerns of Rachel residents regarding Alienstock presented to the County Commissioners by Rachel resident Joerg Arnu under agenda item #16. No motion was made following the presentation.


04/12/2020 Decision about Alienstock 2020 Postponed

Because of the Covid-19 crisis discussion about a permit for Alienstock 2020 has been postponed to the May 18 Commissioners meeting. Seeing that even the Burning Man event, which was to take place around the same time, has been cancelled this year it seems even less likely that Alienstock 2020 will be permitted.

  • Fox News: Coronavirus prompts cancellation of Burning Man festival in Nevada, event will be 'virtual,' organizers say
  • We do not want tourists to bring the virus to Rachel and we will fight even harder now to keep our community safe.


    03/02/2020 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

      
    Concerns of Rachel residents regarding Alienstock 2020 presented to the County Commissioners by Rachel resident Joerg Arnu under agenda item #26

    Read the concerns of the Rachel residents above. From the discussion after we presented our concerns it is very clear that neither the County Commissioners nor any of the other County offices involved want this event to happen again. They all agree this event does not benefit our county and it never will. It hurts our county. We certainly hope that the business promoting the event will, for once, put the common good ahead of their own profit and not pursue the event.


    02/17/2020 Little A'Le'Inn announces dates for Alienstock 2020

    No event permit has been issued. Still the Little A'Le'Inn announces the dates for Alienstock 2020 and promotes the event in the media. With no event permit issued they are promoting an illegal event.


    02/06/2020 Lincoln County Record: Officials to revamp large events ordinance

    Article in the online edition of the Lincoln County Record by Dave Maxwell.


    01/25/2020 Lincoln County Record: Commissioners may update special event codes after Storm Area 51 issues

    Article in the online edition of the Lincoln County Record by Dave Maxwell.


    01/22/2020 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    Under item #11: "For Possible Action: Approve/Deny a Resolution proclaiming the non support of an Area 51 Event for 2020."
    Unbelievable! Our county commissioners have not learned a thing from the 2019 event! The greedy folks from the Little A'Le'Inn fed them more lies and the commissioners are going to allow the Inn to present plans for another event for 2020. References were made to stricter requirements, but considering how the agreed-upon requirements were completely ignored in the 2019 event this is meaningless. It looks like the concerned Rachel residents will have another battle to fight to protect our town and our county.


    01/18/2020 Lincoln County Record: Commissioners wouldn't support potential 2020 Area 51 events

    Article in the online edition of the Lincoln County Record by Dave Maxwell summarizing the Jan 6, 2020 Commissioners Meeting


    01/06/2020 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    Under item #12: "For Possible Action: Approve/Deny payment of the unpaid portion of travel to the Sparks Fire invoice for their response to Area 51 incident."
    Unbelievable! The commissioners were actually discussing and entertaining the option to not pay a Sparks department that came to our rescue during the Alienstock event over a technicality. Fortunately sanity prevailed and the motion to pay the money owed carried.

    Under item #14: "For Possible Action: Discussion concerning the 2020 Area 51 special event."
    A lot of the problems with the 2019 event that were discussed, such as unlicensed vendors and no accountability for actual vendor income, were brought up to the commissioners by the concerned Rachel residents BEFORE the event. But, better late than never, a motion was approved "to draft a resolution citing that the Commission does not support a 2020 Area 51 special event". How much more complicated can you make this? Just say you were wrong to approve the 2019 events and a 2020 event will not be permitted.

    From the Minutes: "Jared commented we never wanted the Area 51 event; ... Bevan agreed" With all due respect, that is not true! The commissioners voted UNANIMOUSLY to issue two event permits for the 2019 Alienstock event. If they did not want the event all they had to do is not approve the permits.


    12/16/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    No reference to Alienstock in the meeting agenda; but several agenda items mention moving funds around, likely to cover up the extent of the Alienstock cost for the county after Governor Sisolak refused to bail out Lincoln County from the financial mess the commissioners have created


    12/10/2019 Governor Sisolak refuses to pay for Alienstock

    Gov. Sisolak skeptical of Storm Area 51 relief funds request (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

    Lincoln County wants help paying for Storm Area 51 response, but Sisolak accuses them of egging on the situation (The Nevada Independent)

    Governor Sisolak refuses to pay for Lincoln County's expenses for the botched Alienstock event. He told the Lincoln County commissioners: "I don't know how this was an emergency when you gave an approval despite our concerns regarding this issue, and then expect the taxpayers of the state to basically bail out your county commission's approval"... No vote was taken. It seems that our County Commissioners are getting a taste of their own medicine. They refused to hear the concerns of Rachel residents that this event would put a huge financial burden on our county. Well gentlemen, there you have it. We told you so!


    11/18/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    No reference to Alienstock in the meeting agenda or minutes


    11/04/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    No reference to Alienstock in the meeting agenda or minutes


    11/04/2019 Matty Roberts and Co. suing the Little A'Le'Inn

    Secret audio recordings, allegations in Area 51 counter lawsuit - Connie West: '...I don't need to prove to you a mother f****** thing'

    Two of the points raised in the law suit are that the event was planned and permitted under a different name and for only 500 people as uncovered in the documents on this web site. Make no mistake; there are no good guys in this. But in this case we are glad we were able to help with our document disclosure.


    10/21/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    No reference to Alienstock in the meeting agenda


    10/07/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

          
    Concerns of Rachel residents AFTER the Alienstock event presented to the County Commissioners by Rachel resident Joerg Arnu

    Once again the commissioners failed to understand the validity of the Rachel residents' concerns. None of the proposed action items were voted on


    10/04/2019 Cease and Desist Letter from the Little A'Le'Inn to the Rachel web master

      

    I would love to respond (nah, not really!) but unfortunately the email address in the header is invalid.
    Update 11/08/19: As expected, nothing came out of this. If there was any truth to the claims in the above letter a law suit would have been filed by now.


    09/19-09/23/2019 Alienstock 2019 in Rachel

    ... and this is what it looked like


    09/17/2019 Little A'Le'Inn lawsuit against Alienstock creator and event organizers

        

    Before the event had even started the organizers were suing each other.



    09/16/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    • The Commissioners voted unanimously to take $50,000 from the Lincoln County Land Act Emergency Fund (fund 95) to pay for the upcoming Alienstock event
    • The total cost for Alienstock is estimated at $250,000
    • The Commissioners voted unanimously to take $200,000 from the Lincoln County Land Act Special Use fund (fund 97)
    • The minutes state that "language clean-up will be required after the fact"; some might call that a cover-up of wrongdoing
    • The minutes state that it is not expected the money will be repaid to the funds
    • As one condition for allowing the event the minutes state that absolutely no camp fires will be allowed. The Alienstock organizers in Rachel later violated this condition by not only allowing numerous camp fires but even the sale of camp fire wood on the event grounds

    09/12/2019 Cease and Desist Letter from event creators to Little A'Le'Inn

      



    09/03/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

          
          
    Documents presented to the County Commissioners by the Little A'Le'Inn

    • The document mentions 75 guards of a private security firm. Instead the Inn failed to hire a security firm. Friends and family of the owners provided "security"
    • The document mentions vehicle and personal checks for drugs and weapons. Instead, no checks were performed during the event.
    • The event area maps show road blocks to keep visitors out of the residential part of Rachel. Instead, no road blocks were set up and visitors drove through town all weekend. Many of them at up to 65MPH on dirt roads with a 25MPH speed limit.
    • The parking map shows a tour helicopter landing area on a small lot in the center of the residential part of Rachel, in close proximity to several homes. Fortunately the helicopter operator, Sundance, refused to use that area due to safety concerns.
    • Inexplicably the home of a vocal opponent of the event is marked prominently in the un-edited map, which is a matter of public record.

    08/19/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting


          
    Documents filed with the commissioners by the Little A'Le'Inn

    The maps show that the Inn was planning to rent out land in the center of town as well as public land between the frontage road and the highway as camp sites for the event. The document states that they were not planning to close the roads from the event site into town.

          
    Concerns of Rachel residents presented to the County Commissioners by Rachel resident Joerg Arnu

    Many of these concerns later became a reality during the event. The commissioners failed to see the validity of the Rachel residents' concerns and none of the proposed action items were voted on


    08/16/2019 Festival Operational Agreement

          
    Operational Agreement between The Hidden Sound LLC and the Little A'Le'Inn LLC

    This is the agreement between the Inn and Matty Roberts and his group that spells out the responsibilities for the event. It was never signed. According to this agreement:

    • Performances are scheduled from Noon to 3am. In the email below, sent 4 days earlier, the Inn states that music will be between 8pm and 2am
    • Each vendor pays the Inn $1000 plus 20% of sales
    • The Inn gets 100% of the parking/camping sales (according to their web site spots sold for $60-$140 each; according to various news articles they sold at least 2,000 spots; in the 9/3/19 commissioners meeting Connie West of the Little A'Le'Inn stated they had sold 700 spots)
    • Fencing is required for the Inn and the owner's private residence but not for neighboring properties


    08/12/2019 Email from Little A'Le'Inn to Planning Department

      
    Email from Connie West at the Little A'Le'Inn to Cory Lytle, the director of the Lincoln County planning department

    Connie ignores the 11pm end time mentioned by the planning department and instead states that "it will be shut down by 2am". Not as a request for permission but as a statement. She also states they expect an attendance of 10,000. Their special event permit application below is for an attendance of 500.


    08/09/2019 Email from Planning Department to Little A'Le'Inn

        
    Email from Cory Lytle, the director of the Lincoln County planning department to Connie West at the Little A'Le'Inn

    There is again a reference to the event permit application below (for 500 people!) although at this time the number was estimated to be 30,000. There is no mention of the application needing to be corrected. The map shows an area of approx. 45 acres for the event.

    It is the responsibility of the planning department to set the rules and plans for the event. Instead they fail to take charge and leave all important decisions up to the Inn.


    08/05/2019 Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting

    The minutes state that "It is estimated that 45 acres in Rachel will be tied up to house people" and "Connie stated they could see at least 30,000". So, with an event permit for 500, filed only a few days earlier, they now expect up to 30,000 visitors. Obviously the permit application was not filled out truthfully.

    Connie from the Inn claims they are working with an event planner who will provide medical, security etc. Who is that? Did anyone verify that claim?


    07/31/2019 Special Event Permit Application from Little A'Le'Inn

        

    Special Event Permit application from the Little A'Le'Inn. Note: The application is for an event named "Raid Rachel (Storm Area 51)" and for only 500 people and 100 cars. On 10/04/2019 Cory Lytle, the director of the Lincoln County planning department, confirmed to us over the phone that the event permit was never amended to change the name or to reflect the much larger number of people expected and that actually attended the event.



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