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Two Deaths Over 2025 EDC Festival Weekend in Las Vegas Under Investigation: Report

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According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, authorities in Clark County are investigating the deaths of two men following separate incidents connected to the EDC Las Vegas festival over the weekend.

Azmi Atassi of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Opkar Mahal, of North Las Vegas, both died on Sunday, per the Clark County coroner’s office. The causes of death remain pending.

Mahal, 39, suffered what police described as a “medical episode” while attending the festival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He was reportedly transported to University Medical Center, where he later died. Atassi, 33, was found deceased in his room at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Officials believe he was in Las Vegas to attend the festival.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday that they would be reviewing both incidents. They have not yet released additional information about the circumstances, including whether the deaths are related to drug use, heat exposure or other factors associated with large-scale festivals.

EDC is one of the largest electronic dance music festivals in the world, regularly drawing over 500,000 attendees over three days. The 2025 edition took place May 16-18.

EDC Las Vegas Offered a $575,000 Bottle Service Package at 2025 Festival

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What does over half a million dollars buy you in a place where kandi-trades and cheap White Claws are the cultural currency? At EDC Las Vegas 2025, it apparently yields an alcohol arsenal so opulent it could toast the entire “Forbes 30 Under 30” list twice over.

For those who found Ultra’s $425,000 champagne-fueled VIP fantasy just a touch too humble, EDC returned this past weekend with a jaw-dropping rebuttal. The festival’s menu options featured “The Notorious,” a bottle service experience that stretches the definition of “splurge” to a new fiscal altitude: $575,000.

According to an image shared on social media by Las Vegas Locally, the package includes 125 bottles of Dom Pérignon Brut, 125 bottles of Dom Pérignon Rosé and 10 bottles of Clase Azul Ultra Tequila for a 260-bottle flex of financial bravado.

The rest of the menu doesn’t shy away from indulgence either. A six-pack of Bud Light would’ve set you back $150 while a single 6L Methuselah of Armand de Brignac Rosé topped out at $63,000. Even the lower-tier champagne packages boast names like “Supernova Pop” ($105,000) and “You, Me, & Everyone We Know” ($140,000), proving once again that the sky is the starting point at North America’s largest EDM festival.

EDC returned to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 16-18, 2025.

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Watch Full 2025 EDC Las Vegas Festival Sets by Alesso, Tiësto, ISOKNOCK and More

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In a world inching toward dystopia, EDC returned to Las Vegas over the weekend and once again offered a welcome escape under the electric sky.

Those who have attended North America’s largest EDM event in the past know it’s much more than just a festival. It’s more of a temporary civilization with its own language, laws and gravitational pull. And in 2025, this rave utopia on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was as inviting and colorful as ever.

From trance to techno to trap and every genre in-between, the weekend reminded us that dance is still the universal language, even when you’ve been awake for 72 hours straight and think the totem next to you is giving good life advice. But as we all know, EDC’s neon-drenched playground of bass drops and questionable fashion choices is all worth it.

Continue on to watch EDC Las Vegas 2025 live sets by Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, ISOKNOCK and more. This article will be updated as more performances are uploaded.

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Nonprofit Combats Drug Overdose Epidemic With Naloxone Giveaway Before EDC Las Vegas

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As EDC Las Vegas kicks off today, the Victoria’s Voice Foundation is stepping in with a proactive approach to festival safety by giving away naloxone, the nonprofit tells EDM.com.

Victoria’s Voice is hosting a pop-up from 10am to 3pm at the East Tower of the Westgate Las Vegas, where they’ll be offering the opioid overdose reversal medication for free in their goal to combat overdose deaths at music festivals.

Festivalgoers can pick up free doses of naloxone along with educational materials on how to administer it. The pop-up will also offer snacks and water for attendees heading into the weekend’s festivities.

Victoria’s Voice was founded by Jackie and David Siegel after the tragic 2015 loss of their daughter of the same name. The foundation has since has become a prominent national advocate for drug prevention and awareness.

Today’s pop-up is timely considering Nevada has seen a staggering 26% increase in drug overdose deaths, the second-highest nationwide spike behind only Alaska in a one-year period, according to recent CDC data.

The initiative reflects a growing shift in the music industry’s approach to harm reduction at EDM festivals. Insomniac Events has been at the forefront, teaming up with the nonprofit End Overdose on various initiatives, including training tens of thousands of EDC Las Vegas attendees at last year’s festival.

EDC, North America’s largest electronic dance music festival, returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from May 16-18.

World’s Largest Cannabis Dispensary Celebrates Return of EDC Vegas With Massive Ticket Giveaway

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Planet 13, the world’s largest cannabis dispensary, is poised for what its executives are calling the busiest weekend of the year: not New Year’s Eve and not 4/20, but EDC.

The cannabis giant is celebrating the festival’s return to Las Vegas by giving away 20 three-day passes to lucky visitors as it launches a slate of EDC-themed offerings in collaboration with RNBW, the Insomniac Events-affiliated cannabis brand.

“EDC has become the busiest weekend of the year at Planet 13 Las Vegas,” said Bryant Ison, Planet 13’s Vice President of Marketing. “It’s our Black Friday, busier than 4/20, Super Bowl and New Year’s Eve. We see a 40% increase in revenues and close to a 30% increase in customer traffic at our flagship Vegas SuperStore during EDC.”

The promotion, part of the dispensary’s “Daisy Daze” weekend, features a full-scale retail activation with live vendor pop-ups, food trucks, limited-edition merch and specially curated cannabis bundles. Hopeful festivalgoers receive raffle entries for every bundle purchased and winners will walk away with passes to EDC, North America’s largest EDM festival.

The connection between Planet 13 and EDC Las Vegas runs deeper than seasonal marketing, however. RNBW is a luxury cannabis label co-developed through a strategic partnership between EDC’s organizer, Insomniac, and industry stakeholders. RNBW’s “Dark Rainbow” strain, available exclusively at Planet 13, is the dispensary’s featured drop this year. 

Pasquale Rotella, Insomniac founder and CEO, has championed RNBW as part of a broader initiative “intersecting live music and cannabis culture,” he said in a 2021 statement.

EDC returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend from May 16-18 with Martin Garrix, Alesso, Tiësto, REZZ and many more. You can find the festival’s full lineup and read more about its 2025 edition here.