IIRC, the last mention about the potential closing of E3 included that image of the dumpster. One of the comments in that article, which was heavily up-voted, was that the dumpster should have properly been shown on fire.
Looks like they got that part checked off the to do list for this article announcing the closing of it.
Given its decline over the last several years, I'd be surprised if they even try to have it again.