Thursday, February 10, 2011

Fans warned to buy parking tickets for U2 concert

Motorists heading to the U2 concert at FNB Stadium on Sunday have been warned to buy their parking tickets first.
Several roads around the stadium will be closed and vehicles will only be allowed to park in designated areas.
Parking tickets will not be available on the day but will be available through Computicket from R50.
Tickets are also available for park and ride facilities from the Coca Cola Dome, Constitution Hill, Emperors Palace and Gold Reef City.
Gates will open at 16:30 and the show will start on time. As the transport and entry systems will be pressured with this very large crowd, fans are strongly encouraged to allow enough transport and entry time so as not to miss any of the show.


ROAD CLOSURES
A number of roads around the stadium will be closed. If you need to travel in the area on Sunday 13 February, please plan accordingly.
No-one will be allowed through the road blocks unless they have legitimate parking tickets.
For details of the road closures click here.
There are three options in place for fans attending the concert:
1. Park and Ride
Tickets are R70.00 per ticket (return) from any one of the four Park and Ride locations – Constitution Hill, The Coca-Cola Dome, Emperors Palace and Gold Reef City. Tickets can be bought from Computicket. Visit Computicket and search for ‘U2 Parking and Transport’.
All Park n Ride facilities will open at 12pm and the first busses will leave at 1pm for FNB Stadium. The Final buses will leave Park n Ride facilities no later than 6pm. There will be no additional payment at any of the park and ride facilities and those attending are not expected to pay any security or parking attendance staff.
After the show busses will leave the stadium for the park and ride centres as and when each bus reaches capacity. The last bus shall leave the stadium at 2am on the 14 February 2011.

2. Park and Rail

Park and Rail is R50.00 per ticket (return) to Nasrec station, a 5 minute walk to FNB Stadium. Park n Rail facilities will be located at: Pretoria Station, Centurion Station, Rhodesfield Station, Johannesburg Station, Germiston Station, Roodepoort Station, Springs Station.
Tickets can be bought from Computicket. Visit www.computicket.com and search for ‘U2 – parking and transport’.
Please also note that detailed timetable with stopping stations to and from Nasrec Station are available at Prasa.
3. Parking at the stadium
A limited number of parking tickets within Soccer City precinct are available from Computicket. Those attending are urged to car pool if they have purchased a parking ticket. If motorists do not have a parking ticket they will not be allowed near the FNB Stadium.

source : http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/

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