Chris Brown fans complain they missed hours of concert

A Chris Brown concert at Carter-Finley Stadium on Tuesday evening caused a large traffic jam that was backed up for hours in Raleigh, and more headaches are expected this week as crowds flock to the North Carolina State Fair.
Posted 10/15/2025, 12:36:56 PM Updated 10/15/2025, 5:07:13 PM

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR JOSH STEIN.

>> TRAFFIC TIE-UPS, FRUSTRATION

AND NO PARKING BOY FANS OF R

AND B STAR CHRIS BROWN KNOWN

AS BREEZY A VERY UPSET THAT A

MISSING PART OR ALL OF THE SHOW

AT CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM.

WE RECEIVED SEVERAL MESSAGES IN

THE WRAL NEWSROOM FROM

DISGRUNTLED FANS URGING LIVE

NATION TO ISSUE REFUNDS.

WRE SHAUN GALLAGHER LIVE IN

WEST RALEIGH. THIS NEW DOLLARS

EACH ON A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE

THERE TODAY.

>> AND THAT'S FOR SURE. CAN AN

EMPTY PARKING LOT. BUT IT WAS

ANYTHING. BUT YESTERDAY JUST

PACKED TO THE GILLS HERE.

AND IF YESTERDAY WAS A TEST RUN

FOR WHAT'S TO COME DURING

STATE, FAIR, THEY FAILED.

IT TOOK HOURS FOR PEOPLE TO GET

INTO THIS PARKING LOT FOR THE

FIRST CONCERT AT CARTER FINLEY

IN NEARLY 10 YEARS. WE ARE

REPORTS PEOPLE PARKING ON I-40

AND WALKING TO THE STADIUM JUST

TO TRY AND GET HERE ON TIME.

NOW GATES OPENED UP HERE AROUND

02:00PM YESTERDAY, BUT MADISON

REALLY PICK UP UNTIL LATER IN

THE EVENING AROUND RUSH HOUR

CARS, BUMPER TO BUMPER ON THE

HIGHWAY AND PEOPLE TELLING WRAL

THEY GOT OUT OF THEIR CARS

WALKING OVER A MILE TO GET TO

THE STADIUM TO CATCH AT LEAST

SOME OF THE CONCERT. AND EVEN

FOR FANS WHO MADE PLANS TO

LEAVE 2 HOURS BEFORE THE

CONCERT STARTED LIKE ALLISON

DAVIS, THEY HOPE PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND THIS TRAFFIC JAM WAS

MUCH, MUCH DIFFERENT.

>> BUT ALSO NEGATIVE COMMENTS

LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT

EARLIER. THEY TOLD YOU THIS.

YOU TOLD YOU THAT I'M LIKE I

KNOW IT WASN'T LIKE THAT LEFT

AT 6.30, AND EXPECT TO GET

THEIR 7 PLENTY ENOUGH TIME.

AND IT WASN'T JUST A HANDFUL OF

PEOPLE. IT WAS HUNDREDS OF

PEOPLE.

>> IF THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR,

YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS VIDEO

FROM LAST YEAR. IT'S FROM LAST

FROM LAST NIGHT. IT'S FROM LAST

YEAR WHEN SABRINA CARPENTER

FANS HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE

DURING HER CONCERT AT THE LYNN

OVER CENTER ON THE SAME DAY AS

STATE FAIR. THAT WON'T BE THE

LAST TIME WE HAVE THESE

HEADACHES EITHER. SORRY TO

TELL. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE

ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. BILLIE

EILISH'S CREW IS ON LOADING A

SEMI TO PREPARE FOR HER

TONIGHT. STOP HERE AT THE

LENOVO CENTER. LITTLE QUICK

MATH FOR YOU. WIN OVER, HOLDS

ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE AND OVER

THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10

YEARS, THE FIRST NIGHT AT STATE

FAIR, IT BRINGS ABOUT 40,000

PEOPLE. THAT'S EVEN MORE THAN

WHAT WAS INSIDE CARTER FINLEY

LAST NIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE

EXPECTING A MUCH DIFFERENT

SCENARIO THAN WHAT WE SAW

WEDNESDAY NIGHT TOMORROW FOR

STATE BILLIE IRISH EILISH.

IF YOU WANT TO THINK AGAIN,

IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE

HEADACHES. WE DO HAVE CALLS IN

TO NC STATE AND THE LENOVO

CENTER TO SEE WHAT GIVES IF

THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO

ALLEVIATE ANY OF THESE YET TO

HEAR BACK IN RALEIGH, SHAUN

GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS. AND IT'S

GOING TO BE PERFECT STATE.

FAIR WEATHER, TOO. SO EXPECT A

LOT OF PEOPLE SO.

>> HERE'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN

MIND WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC,

THERE WILL BE 2 SHOVELS,

SCARING PEOPLE INTO THE

FAIRGROUNDS, THE GO WRONG.

SO THAT WILL RUN FROM GARDA

STATION. THAT'S BEHIND GOOD

BERRIES AND THE GO. DURHAM

SETTLE FROM THE STATION AND

PETTIGREW STREET NOT FAR FROM

THE DURHAM BULLS OF THE PARK.

YOU CAN ALSO WRITE SHE HAD A

GOOD ONE ON HILLSBOROUGH

STREET. NOW, IF YOU DO DRIVE

THEIR FREE PARKING LOTS CLOSED

TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, THOSE OF

THE BAD WITH GOD WOULD LOCK AND

THE CARDINAL LOT. YOU CAN FIND

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