Black Rock City

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event venue planned settlement temporary city

Black Rock City is a temporary, purpose-built city in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert that serves as the site of the annual Burning Man festival.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Burning Man 2
Burning Man festival 2
Black Rock City, Nevada 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event venue ⓘ
planned settlement ⓘ
temporary city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BRC ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followsPrinciple civic responsibility ⓘ
communal effort ⓘ
decommodification ⓘ
gifting ⓘ
immediacy ⓘ
leave no trace ⓘ
participation ⓘ
radical inclusion ⓘ
radical self-expression ⓘ
radical self-reliance ⓘ
governedBy Burning Man Project ⓘ
hasApproximatePopulation over 70,000 people in some years ⓘ
tens of thousands of people ⓘ
hasCharacteristic art installations ⓘ
centered on the Man sculpture ⓘ
central open space known as the Playa ⓘ
constructed annually ⓘ
dismantled after the event ⓘ
ephemeral infrastructure ⓘ
grid-based street layout ⓘ
leave-no-trace principles ⓘ
radial street layout ⓘ
temporary airport ⓘ
temporary medical facilities ⓘ
temporary power grid ⓘ
temporary public services ⓘ
temporary roads ⓘ
temporary sanitation system ⓘ
theme camps ⓘ
is purpose-built city ⓘ
temporary settlement ⓘ
locatedIn Black Rock Desert ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
organizer Burning Man Project ⓘ
servesAs site of the Burning Man festival ⓘ
state Nevada ⓘ
timeOfUse early September ⓘ
late August ⓘ
transportInfrastructure temporary airport 88NV ⓘ
usedFor Black Rock City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Burning Man festival
zoningType central open playa ⓘ
designated art areas ⓘ
semi-circular residential streets ⓘ
service and infrastructure zones ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Nevada → containsEventLocation → Black Rock City ⓘ
subject surface form: 88NV
this entity surface form: Burning Man temporary city
Black Rock Desert → hasEvent → Black Rock City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burning Man
Northern Nevada → hostsEvent → Black Rock City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burning Man festival
Burning Man Project → mainOrganizes → Black Rock City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burning Man
temporary airport 88NV → near → Black Rock City ⓘ
subject surface form: 88NV
Burning Man Project → operatesIn → Black Rock City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Rock City, Nevada
BRC → standsFor → Black Rock City ⓘ
Black Rock City → usedFor → Black Rock City self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burning Man festival