UPDATE: Okay, I am wrong once in awhile. I talked to some concert goers a bit ago. They told me several positive things, so I am trying to save face. They said the parking was fine, that the lines at concessions moved fast, and it was truly sold out. They also said the bathrooms (mens) went smooth. They said the only negative was that the women’s bathrooms had long lines.

Hey, KDLT, I posted about this in July, glad you finally woke up and did a story about it. I was a little off in my post, it was a date change instead of a location change. I will have to give them credit though, they were the only local MSM to report about the change that had been rescheduled months  ago;

Going to a high school football game is supposed to be fun. But, for the Washington Warriors and Huron Tigers, Thursday night’s game lost its luster. The game was rescheduled from Friday to Thursday thanks to a sold-out concert at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.

City leaders claim there is enough parking around the events center for big events. Their latest request to have this football game rescheduled though proves there might not be enough spots to go around if there is more than one event taking place.

Sue Crell, concerned parent said, “During the discussion time when they were thinking of building the premier center and the whole nine yards, issues about the parking were always brought up.”

If the city is worried about 1,500 fans affecting the parking at the EC, we are going to have some issues. I suspect parking tonight out there will be a nightmare. Good luck Aldean fans.

The funny part is that the city probably wants parking issues at these sold out events so they can push for a parking ramp at the location. I guess city employees have even joked (rumor) about building a ramp in administration meetings. I think the comment was, “We’ll just build a ramp in a couple of years.”

3 Thoughts on “UPDATE: Get ready for a ‘Parking Apocolypse’ at the EC tonight.

  1. Dan Daily on October 3, 2014 at 12:26 pm said:

    Double the entertainment. Almost worth the ticket price. A concert and the destruction derby outside.

    How about open the gates at Howard Wood & park on the athletic field?

    Open the big doors at the arena and charge extra for indoor parking?

  2. anonymous on October 3, 2014 at 8:25 pm said:

    When I went by the EC at around 1:00 today, at least a third of the close-in parking spots were already filled with vehicles.

    ???????????

  3. Counter on October 4, 2014 at 9:29 am said:

    I noticed the press is reporting 11,000 in attendance. Full is 12,500, my version of math says 88% of full.

    We still have not heard what the Joan Jett attendance was. I still laying odds it was 2,500.

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