ACF, WP Query, WP/CP | Type: PHPEvent Listing Ordered by Date

Basic events listing, ordered by date, past events disappearing.

<?php
   $paged = ( get_query_var('paged') ) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   $today = date('Ymd', strtotime('-6 hours'));
   $eventslist= new WP_Query( array( 
      'post_type' => 'events', 
      'posts_per_page' => 6,
      'paged' => $paged,
      'meta_key' => 'event_start',
      'orderby' => 'meta_value',
      'order' => 'ASC', //sort with soonest items at top
      'meta_query' => array(
         array(
            'key' => 'event_end',
            'meta-value' => $value,
            'value' => $today,
            'compare' => '>=', //stop showing event when past
            'type' => 'CHAR'
            )
         )
      );
   if ($eventslist->have_posts()) :
      while ( $eventslist->have_posts() ) : $eventslist->the_post(); 
?>

Custom fields and HTML here to display listing

<?php 
      endwhile; 
      else : 
         echo '<p>There are no upcoming events.</p>';
   endif;
?>
<?php wp_pagenavi( array( 'query' => $eventslist ) ); ?> //be sure wp-navi installed and activated!
<? wp_reset_query(); ?>