The adept, well-planned Swifties seem to take LA traffic and long lines in stride at the first Taylor Swift concert in years taking place at SoFi in Inglewood.
Thousands of Taylor Swift fans made their way to the first of six concerts at SoFi Stadium on Thursday, while managing to “shake it off” when facing snarled traffic on the 405, 110 and 105 freeways, long waits for a damaged rail line and increased police presence,While some Swifties rode the LA Metro trains that had capacity increased by 33% for the concert and early merchandising blitz, many drove or took Uber and Lyft.
Taylor Swift fans on the Metro K Line eager to see the first night of the concert series at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Thursday, August 3, 2023. Metro rail lines A, B, D, E, C and K will operate late, until 2 a.m. to accommodate Swifties after the concerts, which run Aug. 3, 4, 5 and 7, 8, 9. Since no train actually stops at SoFi, two free shuttles took passengers directly to the concert venue from a train station. One ran from thes Downtown Inglewood Station. The other ran from the C Line’s Hawthorne/Lennox Station. The shuttles will run 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. before each show, and for 90 minutes after the concerts.
“We get to get there early and enjoy the atmosphere and experience,” she said. “That’s better than stressing with my parents for two hours.” While the train connections were a bit like alphabet soup, she is a veteran Metro user and felt confident she could find her way. “I am taking the A Line,” she said, pausing for several seconds, “to the God I don’t even know I think the Expo Line, then to the K Line, then to the shuttle that will get us to SoFi.”
She was on her phone hailing an Uber, leaning against the Metro information booth at the downtown train hub in the early afternoon.
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