Pokémon Go Fest attendees to get refunds as technical issues break the event
Found on Techcrunch on Sunday, 23 July 2017
Within minutes of the first attendees filing into Grant Park, the cell networks got shaky. Within 20 minutes of the doors officially opening, every network was down.
Tapping a monster to catch it would result in nothing but an error screen — a particular punch in the gut to many a player who traveled far in hopes of completing their Pokedex, as the Park was set to spawn some of the game’s rarest monsters.
You would think that a company who expects such a large number of fans would, let's say, asks one or two big phone companies how to cope with such a surge in network activity.