Jiffy Lube Live - anyone been recently

[Anonymous]

Has anyone been to Jiffy Lube Live recently? I have tickets for TLC/ Shaggy on Friday night and am ready horror stories about the traffic and parking. I am bringing my two kids and don't want to keep them out too late so am terrified of being stuck in traffic for hours...

[Anonymous]

I went a month ago for Janet Jackson. We missed Ludacris because we were stuck in traffic for about 90 minutes trying to get in. Both Waze and Google also gave incorrect directions because of the construction. I was surprised because they’re usually pretty good at that. Plan to get there when the parking gates open and then just picnic for a while. Getting out was much easier, about 30 minutes in traffic, and we were in the farthest lot. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

IA with the above poster - get there when the gates open & tailgate. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, either. Bring a few chairs or a blanket and hang out until you can go in. That's the best way to avoid the traffic.

I wasn't able to do that for the Luke Bryan show last summer and was stuck in traffic for 2 hours trying to get in. I finally got in minutes before he went on.

The longest I've ever waited to get out is around an hour.

[Anonymous]

Plan for an hour to get out of the parking lot. If there are any tricks to getting out, I don't know what they are, because I've tried every possible shortcut and I'm always stuck in gridlock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone been to Jiffy Lube Live recently? I have tickets for TLC/ Shaggy on Friday night and am ready horror stories about the traffic and parking. I am bringing my two kids and don't want to keep them out too late so am terrified of being stuck in traffic for hours...

Read Yelp reviews. Just leave very very early and expect it to take forever. Literally.

[Anonymous]

Yep. Plan ahead and just relax and take it for what it is. Don’t stress about it. It will be great once you get in there. Beautiful sound and venue otherwise. Take good and snacks l. Good and drink prices are insane. They did limit bag size when I went last.

Almost missed all of the headliner trying to get parked. And the headliner was who I went to see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep. Plan ahead and just relax and take it for what it is. Don’t stress about it. It will be great once you get in there. Beautiful sound and venue otherwise. Take good and snacks l. Good and drink prices are insane. They did limit bag size when I went last.

Almost missed all of the headliner trying to get parked. And the headliner was who I went to see.

*Event refreshment prices insane.

[Anonymous]

took 4 hours to get there last Sat night for John Mayer/Grateful Dead. The traffic/parking situation is appallingly mismanaged

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:took 4 hours to get there last Sat night for John Mayer/Grateful Dead. The traffic/parking situation is appallingly mismanaged

That’s why I haven’t gone to see Dead and Co for years and missed their last show - I hate hate hate JFL.

If there was a concert of reincarnated John Lennon, Jerry Garcia, Prince, Bowie and Elvis that I had free tickets too, I still wouldn’t go if it were there.

[Anonymous]

Leave slightly before it ends and you are ok. Otherwise it depends on the lot and could be an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone been to Jiffy Lube Live recently? I have tickets for TLC/ Shaggy on Friday night and am ready horror stories about the traffic and parking. I am bringing my two kids and don't want to keep them out too late so am terrified of being stuck in traffic for hours...

Read Yelp reviews. Just leave very very early and expect it to take forever. Literally.

That word does not mean what you think it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:took 4 hours to get there last Sat night for John Mayer/Grateful Dead. The traffic/parking situation is appallingly mismanaged

That’s why I haven’t gone to see Dead and Co for years and missed their last show - I hate hate hate JFL.

If there was a concert of reincarnated John Lennon, Jerry Garcia, Prince, Bowie and Elvis that I had free tickets too, I still wouldn’t go if it were there.

If it was all of these aforementioned artists back to perform in the flesh, I would camp out in my car for as long as it would take to see them in concert….but that’s just me.

[Anonymous]

First option: Go early and have dinner and park (for free) at Craftworx Taproom. Walk to the venue. It will be significantly faster that way. The worst part when leaving is getting out of the parking lot. It will be significantly faster to walk back to Craftworx and get your car there.

Second option: See if you can find a premier parking pass on StubHub or Craigslist. That lot has its own entry and exit lanes so getting in and out is a piece of cake. The problem with this option is that there is still a ton of traffic surrounding the venue so you still get stuck sitting for awhile.

We live in Bristow and have tried every conceivable way in and out. These are the best options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First option: Go early and have dinner and park (for free) at Craftworx Taproom. Walk to the venue. It will be significantly faster that way. The worst part when leaving is getting out of the parking lot. It will be significantly faster to walk back to Craftworx and get your car there.

Second option: See if you can find a premier parking pass on StubHub or Craigslist. That lot has its own entry and exit lanes so getting in and out is a piece of cake. The problem with this option is that there is still a ton of traffic surrounding the venue so you still get stuck sitting for awhile.

We live in Bristow and have tried every conceivable way in and out. These are the best options.

I made a mistake - it’s actually a VIP parking pass, not the premier pass.

[Anonymous]

I’m the PP above who went for Janet recently. Just be aware that there’s a good amount of people smoking weed there if that bothers you, especially with kids. You will get clouds of smoke in your face.