Bubonic Plague Threatens Annual Concert in Colorado

via COS, 'For nearly a decade,Phishhave closed out the summer witha three-night stintat Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. This year’s edition returns August 30th – September 1st, but fans will have to contend with an unlikely and unwanted special guest: the Bubonic plague.

AsStereogumpoints out, Commerce City has recently come under the threat of prairie dogs infected by plague-carrying fleas. Local officials have been trying to curb the issue by spraying insecticide, but the risk of the plague has already resultedin the cancellationof at least one sporting event at Dick’s Park.'

I didn't know this was a thing. I guess it's not the first Bubonic Plague Issue...


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