Billy McFarland offered the prepare wreck that’s Fyre Festival for over $ 245,000 on eBay after a non-public deal collapsed.

The Fyre Festival model, the one which left wealthy children crying in FEMA tents, has formally been auctioned off on eBay.

The bidding started at one cent and after 175 bids and 42 individuals combating over a model with extra lawsuits than performances, the sale wrapped at $245,300.

The winner of this digital yard sale now owns all the pieces from the Fyre title to its social media accounts, domains, logos, and advertising and marketing information.

It additionally consists of outdated promo footage and even the pageant’s SMS and e mail lists. The fortunate purchaser additionally will get the rights to host a celebration within the Caribbean.

McFarland initially tried to promote all this in a non-public deal that was supposed to generate seven figures. But after 5 days of talks, that complete plan crumbled.

That’s when he tossed the Fyre model on eBay like a used blender.

The notorious con man continues to be buried below $26 million in debt to traders from the primary time he tried to throw this catastrophe of a celebration again in 2017.

If you in some way forgot, the OG Fyre Festival promised luxurious villas, connoisseur meals, and main acts however ended with individuals caught on a distant island consuming cheese sandwiches and sleeping on moist mattresses.

McFarland in the end served practically 4 years of a six-year federal sentence for fraud.

And the Fyre Festival II—the sequel McFarland swore was occurring in May 2025 in Mexico, was axed after officers stated they’d no clue what he was speaking about.

No phrase but on who threw down that quarter-mil for the model or what they plan to do with it.

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