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With 85,000 people about to converge on the Greater Moncton area for the Rolling Stones concert, I decided that I should have a gameplan in effect for getting to and from the concert. It seems that the fastest way to get to the concert and reducing the amount of walking is to take public transit. The bus stop is right outside our house here in Riverview which would take us directly to the concert site after a transfer in Moncton. The buses will then be running after the concert and bring us back to Riverview. Another option is that my dad could drive us to our church over in Moncton which would leave us with a 1km walk to the site. Which ever mode of transportation we choose, we’ll have to leave early in the morning on Saturday.

While looking at the Stones’ North America schedule for the tour, it seems that Moncton will be their largest venue with 85,000 people expected to attend. The next closest will be in New Jersey where there will be 70,000 fans. It seems quite ironic that Atlantic Canada, where all the big bands tend to skip during their tour, get the largest concert by the Stones.

This evening I stopped by the concert site at Magnetic Hill and took some pictures which are below. I was also planning on going to the driving range out near Magnetic Hill, but they’ve turned the range into a makeshift campground for the concert. That was somewhat disappointing but still funny seeing how they are trying to cram as many people into that area as possible.