I haven't been going to Vegas for tons of years, but Friday was the least attended day I have seen there. I kept thinking they would show up later, but they never did.
Saturday was pretty decent. Sunday was slightly less than Saturday. There was tons of open space everywhere. Section E looked like it was the most filled.
As for parking, I never have had to park more than two rows away. It's free parking, and convenient. I love it.
The facility staff are definitely more intense, in your face, and engaged with you. The first people I experienced at the track were the ticket takers. Even before you get to the line, they are aggressively commanding orders at you. If you have bags, they guide you to the security bag check like they were TSA.
The ticket scanner people square off with you like it was football and you were trying to get past them. Then, they grab your ticket out of your hand, scan it, give it back, and move out of the way.
Then, others try to block your path with program sales, then immediately after that, the people that hand out free bags try to push them on you. When you leave to go to your car, they again block your path and force you to dig out your ticket again so they can scan you out of the facility. Repeat all this when you come back in. I will say that at the end of the day when you are exitting, they are very courteous and say
"thank you, goodbye, we'll see you next time" to every person.
They had tons of security people guarding each general admission bleacher. It seemed pointless because there really doesn't seem there is a need for it, honestly. I wish they would use that money to instead provide hand washing stations near the porta toilets (which are placed waaay far away from the bleachers and toward the campers). You know, the kind you pump with your foot. Famoso raceway in Bakersfield can afford them why can't LVMS?
I think people have now figured out that general admission ticket holders are no longer allowed anywhere on the grandstand side of the track especially including along the fence. The security make damn well sure you know this.
The sun on the GA side is brutal. Plus, they cannot see the big screen tv. I will say that the GA bleachers were angled to the track and not parallel with; this was frickin great! We could all see the racing surface easily and no one stood up. It was a great change. They should do this every time.
Fremont street was jam packed Saturday night. Some country music event had taken over the place and it was packed!!!
Traffic wise, I had zero problem before or after the event.
Coming home on the I15 corridor between 7 and 9 pm, it was wide open. Normally, many Angelinos jam that thing but this time it was free and clear. Gas in Vegas was $3.69 a gallon, gas in L.A. is about $4 bux.
But the weather was really nice and enjoyable. All in all, I still had a great frickin time. Pics coming soon.
