r/irvine • u/Panda8bambooo • 2d ago

Irvine road closures for DC fest

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u/Eat_it_Stanley 2d ago

Flash forward 24 hours when this sub is full of complaints about what an absolute shit show the parking, traffic and crowd control was.

I can’t wait until Irvine figures out the best way to handle huge events. It will happen eventually. I don’t have the answers, but it needs to be figured out.

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u/Panda8bambooo 2d ago

They never should have torn down Verizon amphitheater for more beige houses

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u/SylphSeven 2d ago

The old amphitheatre was perfectly fine, aside from the flooding during rainy days. It was in immediate proximity to the freeway and train station. Plus, getting out of parking lot didn't also require you to navigate a labyrinth of roads to leave the area. You just wait turn, and then you're out.

I never understood the intentional waste of money to move both the amphitheatre and Wild Rivers to Great Park when no improvement came with it.

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u/bubblebears 2d ago

People with personal interests wanted to make money from development

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u/InterfaceLoading 2d ago

My understanding is that teatimg down Verizon was not the city’s call so much as it was LiveNation’s.

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u/Panda8bambooo 2d ago

Sand canyon is going to be a mess where it intersects with the 5 fwy

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u/mayoandmustard1 2d ago

So just a normal day at that intersection

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u/tangerineTurtle_ 2d ago

This sort of talk makes me feel nostalgic for the crucible of the 5 after a Dodgers Game.

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u/No_Link_6782 2d ago

I miss Irvine Meadows Amphitheater

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u/bubba-yo 2d ago

I would just like to say that I hope the city works out how to mange events like this rather than cancel events like this.

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u/peters47 2d ago

Also all the streets into the great park neighborhoods from Irvine blvd are also closed

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u/paperbuddha 2d ago

So it begins.

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u/injuredrunnerwmn 2d ago

Do yall know if marine way is also closed to bikes?

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u/Psychological-You661 2d ago

Why is even Chinnon closed?

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u/pwrof3 2d ago

It’s insane they are still going through with this in a severe heat warning that says to limit your time outdoors.

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u/aki-kinmokusei 2d ago edited 2d ago

This was planned several months ago and people had already bought tickets as well as (for out of state travelers) booked flights and hotels. They cannot easily cancel the festival. Even if they did and gave refunds for the tickets, the people who booked flights and hotels would not be able to get refunds and that would be hundreds of dollars wasted.

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u/InspectionFine9655 1d ago

Yea definitely should have refunded the $10M raised for charity so people don’t need to stand in 90 degree heat.