Parade&Memphis great. Bowl shuttle service bad
by PresbyCouple on 1/5/16Liberty Bowl Stadium - MemphisWe had a good couple of days in Memphis including attendding the Liberty Bowl Parade. Since it coincided with Old Year's and New Year's Days, this was a great party on Beale St. to attend. Music, food and atmosphere were great. The bowl was o.k. Seats were fine and tickets were as expected. What was horrible was the promised shuttle service from external lots about 1.8 miles or more from the stadium. My best guess is that they had about 4 school buses trying to bus 1000 people from our location. The buses had no special route and wer snagged in traffic. Traffic cops were poor at moving traffic so everything was jammed up. After standing lin line for about 40 minutes around noon, we had only seen 3 buses, calculated our chances and walked the 1.8 miles to the game. Was really a great choice. Especially when the game was over and we walked back through all the jammed up traffic. Park at the Benjamin Hooks Library or in the neighborhood in that area and walk to the stadim rather than getting bogged down. Never count on Liberty Bowl shuttles. These folks could learn a lot about moving people from the Bridge Walk on Labor Day in Mackinaw City, MI.