A lack of public transportation, Interstate 25 construction/congestion and just two entrances/exits from I-25 contributed to angry Avalanche fans with tickets to Saturday’s NHL Stadium Series event at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium.
The game began at 6:14 p.m. and a sellout crowd of 43,574 was announced during the third period. But several of those fans either missed the first half of the game or turned around to go home after sitting in traffic for hours.
“It”s not that people were being dumb and leaving too late, it’s that this place has absolutely no clue how to handle a crowd and event of this magnitude,” Ben Parker of Parker wrote in an email that had photos attached documenting his experience.