Burning Man organizers buy Nev. ranch
By Reuters
Organizers of Burning Man, an annual counter-culture festival that climaxes with the burning of a wooden effigy in the Nevada desert, has bought a ranch in the southwestern state to run year round art and self expression activities, the group said on Friday.
Funded by donations from supporters, Burning Man paid $6.5 million for Fly Ranch, a 3,800-acre (1,538-hectare) property about 20 miles north of Gerlach, Nevada, it said on its website.
The festival, which has drawn more than 60,000 participants to create a temporary city in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, will remain in its current location and not move to the ranch, the organizers said.