I'm from far outside of town (4 hours one way) and wanted desperately to see Sara Evans and Rascal Flatts. Bought tickets even though the drive was terrible because people said how beautiful the Blossom Center is. We went to dinner at Red Lobster at the next exit up and at 5:30 we headed up to the next exit to head to the concert (started at 7:30). We sat on the exit ramp until 7:45 and didn't make it to the parking spot until 8:40. I got to see the last two Sara Evans songs. The amount of drunken kids was absolutely insane. They did not card nor provide wrist bands to make sure you were of age. We did happen to find a spot on the lawn away from the entrance that was almost quiet enough to hear the music. We couldn't see anything and with the amount of noise the other fans were making gossipping and drinking it was hard to hear the actual music. I'm all for fans cheering and singing along, but none of these kids even did that. Trying to get out of the lot was even worse. They didn't do a great job making sure all beer from inside the show was disposed of. I saw just as many people in their cars drinking as I did inside the concert. I saw three accidents where the employees who were supposed to be directing traffic were too busy flirting with other employees or the people in the cars. The lines out had 2 lanes going to one road and one lane going to another. They would go down at some points to one lane because people weren't sure where to go. I stayed in the farthest left lane assuming it would take me out onto Steels Corners like the sign said, but of course there was someone directing traffic FINALLY onto another back road. Not knowing the area or having a GPS system and getting shuffled into a windy curvy road in the dark was quite frustrating. For a show that only lasted a little over an hour by the time I got in and waiting in traffic for a total of 5.5 hours, I wouldn't ever go back. I used more gas idling and stuck in traffic than I did on the drive up to the concert and home.
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