Billy McFarland‘s giving up the long-lasting FYRE Pageant model … saying he is determined to promote amid all of the scrutiny surrounding the second model of the occasion.

The founding father of FYRE Pageant launched a assertion Wednesday … letting followers know the final two years have been a dedication to ending what he began and making issues proper following absolutely the debacle that was the primary FYRE Pageant.

Billy factors out FYRE Pageant has dominated headlines for years … grabbing the eye of stories companies, documentarians and lots of followers across the globe — and, the occasion wants a staff extra skilled than him to get the second occasion over the end line.

McFarland then says he and his staff are promoting the emblems, mental property, media attain and rather more related to FYRE to an operator who can execute the grand imaginative and prescient they’ve for the pageant. On the FYRE web site, there’s now an “public sale” tab for the proposed sale.

FF 2.0 has had its string of points lately, together with controversy over whether or not or not the native authorities in Mexico was conscious the pageant was presupposed to happen of their metropolis … one thing Billy mentions within the press launch too — promising a number of Caribbean nations are excited by internet hosting the occasion.

McFarland will not say the place but … and, he says it is best if every thing is saved beneath lock and key till he is formally distant from FYRE — permitting a brand new staff to maneuver ahead unencumbered by him.

As you realize … Billy McFarland served 4 years in jail for wire fraud after the primary pageant didn’t stay as much as lots of its guarantees.