Queens City Parks Department venue Rejected the Multi-day Music Festivals Permit.

The city Parks Department has rejected all three proposals to host multiday music festivals at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the Daily News has learned.

 

Concert promoter AEG, the force behind the popular Coachella music festival on the West Coast, applied for a permit to have an event at the sprawling Queens park. MSG and Founders Entertainment followed with applications for the site that was the venue for the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World's Fairs.

"Parks reviewed all permit applications thoroughly," said Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver. "While we are heartened by the interest in one of Queens' most historic parks, our primary concern is ensuring the park is available for the many New Yorkers who call Flushing Meadows Corona Park their backyard."

Officials said large-scale, multiday festivals had never been held on the grassy areas of the park and they were surprised by the number of applications the city received for 2016.

But AEG's Goldenvoice division, which was organizing the Panorama Festival for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, said Monday night it plans to hold the three-day event at Randall's Island next July.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz hailed the city's decision, calling it "fair to all applicants."

"Events of any scale that enhance our borough are encouraged," Katz said. "The use of our public parks, however, needs to be publicly vetted and coordinated under an official city policy, because the absence of one renders the entire process unfair."

Goldenvoice said its festival at Randall's Island will include "musical performances, dynamic art installations, innovative technology" and food from city eateries. But the firm said it hasn't given up on hosting future events in Queens.

 

"We look forward to continuing our discussions with NYC Parks to create an event to take place in Queens in the future," said Mark Shulman, festival producer for Goldenvoice.

It was unclear whether MSG will seek to hold festivals in other city parks. 

Founders already hosts the popular Governor's Ball at Randall's Island. Last year that festival created $50 million in economic benefits for the city, according to a report.

Organizers of that event were concerned Panorama — originally scheduled to take place around the same time at Flushing Meadows — would siphon off business.