My friend Jessica was kind enough to get me concert tickets to the Keith Urban/Little Big Town/Dustin Lynch concert last night for my birthday. We headed out super excited because it wasn't 107 degrees outside.
And we should have just turned around at the first sign something did not want us to have a girls night out.
First off, we had one parking attendant tell us to park in lot F. Only to be told once we got into to lot F, we need to go park in lot A. We turned around and headed to lot A.
We caught the tram to the Amphitheater and were in the entrance line. As soon as we get up to the scanner people, I hear, "Stop scanning! Stop scanning! The system went down." Seriously! The scanning system went down right when we were the next people to get scanned. Jess and I should have just taken this as a sign and gotten the hell out of there. Instead, we waited about 5 minutes for the system to get up and running.
We made it into the venue and found our seats. We listened to Dustin Lynch open and were enjoying the music and venue. I kept looking to the sky and seeing ominous clouds and was praying the rain stayed away. It was a 30% chance of scattered thunderstorms. I pulled out my phone and checked the radar. There was a light green patch headed for us.
As Little Big Town started their set, a light drizzle started. Of course, I had no rain jacket, no umbrella or blanket and neither did Jessica. We were still enjoying the music getting a little wet when the rain started to pick up to a steady, light rain. Nothing we got soaked in, but enough to splash in your eyes and get annoyed by. The wind also picked up, so we were a little chilly.
At 8:30, Little Big Town finished their set and an announce was placed on the jumbo screens. It stated a severe lightning storm was headed our way, and we needed to evacuate the amphitheater to the storm shelters. Wonderful.
After asking an usher were to go, we headed to their 'storm shelter.' Let me tell you about this storm shelter. The Austin 360 Amphitheater is located as part as the Circuit of the Americas. We walked across the Circuit of the Americas race track, into a building, which turned out to be Garage 7 in Pit Lane. They herded everyone to the pit garages. We ended up sitting and waiting on the concrete floors for 2 hours before we were told we could leave and go back.
During our time in the garage, I was stepped upon and kicked countless times by rude people. But the event staff made sure the guys selling 'Ice Cold Beer' for $9 were still available. I also was able to use a clean, nice, indoor bathroom which was relatively new because the inside of the building was still under construction. This beats a Port a Potty any day!
Jess and I finally made it back to the Amphitheater after it rained on us again walking. We found our seats and 10 minutes later the head of the place says the concert is cancelled. With the amount of rain and electronic equipment, they just couldn't do it. By the way, this was at 11pm.
We decide to hoof it back to the car since the tram is beyond full. As we are walking, we have to trudge through gravel, mud, slop, and ground that has been completely soaked.
The concert was a bust, but Jess and I have another eventful memory to add to our repertoire. No concert, but not many people can say they have walked across the race track of the Circuit of the Americas and sat in a garage in pit lane. Trying to look at the positives!
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