KEEP WATCHING WCCO ON AIR AND
ONLINE FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE
OF THE PLANE CRASH.
HUGE CROWDS FOR DAY ONE OF
THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET
TOGETHER.
THE FAIR TWEETED THE PUBLIC
PARKING LOTS WERE ALREADY FULL.
Reporter: HOPEFULLY THE
CROWD INSIDE THE STATE FAIR IS
HAVING A GREAT TIME BECAUSE
THIS MORNING THINGS GOT OFF TO
A ROCKY START, DRIVING YOUR OWN
CAR OR TAKING A BUS.
ANTICIPATION QUICKLY TURNED TO
FRUSTRATION AS STATE FAIR GOERS
LEFT THEIR HOMES AND HIT THE
ROAD.
IT IS CRAZY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
WALKING AND THERE IS NO
PARKING.
Reporter: EVEN PEOPLE WHO
PLAN TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AT
PARKING RIDE LOCATION HIT A
SNAG.
THE PARKING LOTS FILLED UP
FAST.
THIS FAMILY SAYS IT TOOK THEM
TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET
HERE AFTER GETTING A SPOT.
AND THEN WAITING FOR A BUS.
SUPPOSED TO COME EVERY 15
MINUTES AND THEY KEPT PUTTING
MORE CARS IN THE PARKING LOT
AND WE WERE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
AND THEY TOLD US THE BUS WOULD
COME IN 20 MINUTES.
AN HOUR LATER IT STILL WASN'T
THERE.
Reporter: VOLUNTEERS SAY 400
PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR A BUS.
LONG LINE OF PEOPLE
STRETCHING ALL THE WAY OUT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE GUYS, ONE
ALMOST HIT A KID.
FEELS LIKE MORE PEOPLE AND
LESS BUSES.
SO THAT DOESN'T ADD UP TO A
HAPPY BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
Reporter: METRO SAW TWO
PARKING LOT LOCATIONS FILL TO
CAPACITY THIS MORNING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK TODAY WILL
BE A RECORD DAY.
I THINK THIS PERFECT WEATHER
BROUGHT EVERYBODY OUT TODAY.
Reporter: NOW COMES THE
DRIVE OR THE RIDE HOME AS THE
FIRST DAY WRAPS UP TONIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, PATIENCE WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO CHANNEL 4
NEWS.
AND BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF
BUS DRIVERS SHUTTLE SERVICE
BEGINS AN HOUR LATER THIS YEAR.
STARTS AT 9 A.M.
IN THE MORNING.
