Dave Matthews will be coming to Charlottesville April 21 and, like all celebrities, he will be accompanied by hoards of adoring fans and traffic dilemmas.
University Parking and Transportation Director Rebecca White said she has been working on the potential problems since February.
"In a lot of ways the plan is very similar to football games," White said.
There were 50,000 tickets sold for the first show. Football games usually attract a crowd of a little under 60,000 people, White said.
Parking will not be allowed at Scott Stadium, but various other parking options are suggested on a map that was distributed with the tickets. The map also is located on the Dave Matthews Band Web site.
The City of Charlottesville has been working with the University to form a plan for transporting concert-goers to and from the stadium.
"We want to make sure the buses have a good route into and out of the stadium," Charlottesville Transit Manager Helen Porre said.
Charlottesville is supplying two University Transit System buses for a free shuttle that will provide transportation to the stadium from the Downtown Mall. Concert promoters paid for the buses. The parking at the Downtown Mall will cost $5.
"We want to encourage the sections of the city that have night bus service to use CTS buses to get to the shuttle," Porre said.
University students will not have bus service after 2 p.m. on the day of the concert.
The building of the stage for the show will effect people holding parking permits around Scott Stadium. Parking will be blocked from Saturday, April 14 through Tuesday, April 24 in specific areas.
"We are communicating directly with permit holders," White said. "We're working together to have the concert, but of course there is going to be some disruption."
University Executive Vice President Leonard W. Sandridge Jr. said he believes the concert is a trial for the possibility of holding more concerts at the University.
"We may have future concerts, but only if these concerts work well and there is a clear benefit to our students and to the community," Sandridge said.
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