Tickets will be honored despite long lines for Nights of Lights

Tuesday's event welcomed bicyclists to the light show, but all other nights are for cars only, so traffic conditions are expected to improve.

Still, Raleigh police said they expect waits for each event. People who can't get to the Dix Park entrance before their time slot due to traffic should know their tickets will be honored.

Expect to wait: Nights of Lights causes hours-long lines on Raleigh's Western Blvd.

Drive-through events, like Nights of Lights, around North Carolina are immensely popular during the coronavirus pandemic. Some other light shows are warning of wait times of more than three hours in line.

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People in line on Tuesday night said depending on when they got in line, it took from one hour to more than two hours.