Around here, people back of traffic for anything and everything. Though I'm sure this is the same pretty much anywhere; people and any sort of "excitement" (and I use that word loosely) is never a good mix.
The problem with concert venues in our area is that there aren't many options in Bal'more. We have Merriweather ... and that's about it. (And Buffett is banned from Merriweather for clipping a security guard with his tour bus. o.O) So all the big acts go to the northern Virginia venues, which is itself problematic because of Washington traffic. But of the four major venues in northern Virginia, three are pains in the ass to get to. (Wolf Trap is the lone exception; I love Wolf Trap ... and it's owned by the federal guv'ment! Who knew they could do something right?) Not long ago, the LotR symphony was at the Patriot Center in Virginia, and on one of my mailing lists, I warned out-of-state visitors to allow two to three hours to get from the Beltway to the arena. It's about a twenty-minute drive ordinarily. I refused to go ... and that says something, if I refuse to go to the LotR symphony. ;)
The problem with concert venues in our area is that there aren't many options in Bal'more. We have Merriweather ... and that's about it. (And Buffett is banned from Merriweather for clipping a security guard with his tour bus. o.O) So all the big acts go to the northern Virginia venues, which is itself problematic because of Washington traffic. But of the four major venues in northern Virginia, three are pains in the ass to get to. (Wolf Trap is the lone exception; I love Wolf Trap ... and it's owned by the federal guv'ment! Who knew they could do something right?) Not long ago, the LotR symphony was at the Patriot Center in Virginia, and on one of my mailing lists, I warned out-of-state visitors to allow two to three hours to get from the Beltway to the arena. It's about a twenty-minute drive ordinarily. I refused to go ... and that says something, if I refuse to go to the LotR symphony. ;)
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