Great venue, great race, logistical nightmare
by CtDMonet on 5/14/24Rice-Eccles Stadium - Salt Lake CityRating: 4 out of 5The race was great, the fanfest was fun. Getting into fanfest was a clusterfrump. Seriously - first we are searched (fine), then we are stamped. Good to go? No - then we have to scan to enter our stadium tickets. Fine. Can we get into Fanfest? No - you have to enter the stadium, walk up the stairs to stadium, then back down another set of stairs to get to fanfest. But it's right there - can't I just walk there? NO! You must walk up the stairs and down the stairs to comply! Weather evacuation - you'd think they would have had practice last year. Two years in a row we are shuttled out of the stadium and back in. This year was slightly better - they still had no place for us to go -- mostly because of the up the stairs, down the stairs way we had to enter. Mass Exodus after the race. For some reason, they are not allowing anyone to exit the way we came in - over the tracks. Seriously, we got here early and parked RIGHT THERE. NO YOU MUST BE FUNNELED WITH THE REST OF THE CROWD TO THE TRAX STATION ENTRANCE!! But we drove here and parked right there - I can see my car? NO WAIT THROUGH A HALFHOUR OF A CROWD NOT MOVING TO FUNNEL THROUGH A SMALL GATE WHEN YOU AREN'T EVEN TAKING THE TRAIN! Again - it seems to fit the theme of cluster-logistics. A great race, lots of action - perfect weather (apart from a 5 minute thunderstorm that anyone looking at a weather app knew was barely hitting the stadium). $17 for nuts seems a little steep, but hey - they were some good pecans.


