Taylor Swift concert traffic at MetLife could be worse than Super Bowl

USING SICK DAYS TO SEND A HERE ON STATEN ISLAND, DOUG WILLIAMS, CBS2 NEWS. >>> WE’RE IN FOR A VERY BUSY WEEKEND ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. SWIFTIES ARE READY TO CONVERGE ON METLIFE FOR THE FIRST OF THREE TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERTS TONIGHT. ZINNIA MALDONADO HAS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW AND FAMILIES WILL BE HEADING TO AREA BEACHES IN DROVES FOR THE UNOFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE SUMMER. JENNA DeANGELIS HAS A LOOK AT THE WARNING FROM OFFICIALS ON POTENTIAL DANGERS. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE EXCITEMENT AT METLIFE AND THE EVENT THAT’S BEING COMPARED

TO HAVING THREE SUPER BOWLS IN ONE WEEKEND. AS CBS2’S ZINNIA MALDONADO REPORTS, FANS ARE READY. >> Reporter: WELL, IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, THE EMPTY LOT BEHIND ME IS GOING TO BE PACKED. NOW I’M SURE SWIFTIES AREN’T TOO CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING TO AND FROM METLIFE STADIUM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE AREA GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL SHOULD KNOW PATIENT WILL BE NECESSARY THIS WEEKEND. 200,000 PEOPLE ARE SET TO DESCEND ON METLIFE STADIUM OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. THE ATTRACTION, THE ONE AND ONLY TAYLOR SWIFT WHO WILL BE PERFORMING FRIDAY, SATURDAY

AND SUNDAY. >> WE LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT. >> Reporter: THESE GIRLS SHOWING UP TO METLIFE STADIUM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THE MERCHANDISE STORE EVEN OPENED. >> WE

WERE GOING TO GO TO THE MERCHANDISE STAND BUT IT DIDN’T >> Reporter: READY FOR FRIDAY’S SHOW AT 6:30 WITH THEGATES OPENING AT 4:30. SIGNS REMINDING PEOPLE NO TICKET, NO ENTRY. POLICE WARNING FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, STATING, SORRY SWIFTIES, NO TICKET, NO TAYLOR GATING. METLIFE’S PARKING LOTS WILL BE CLOSED TO ANYONE WITHOUT A TICKET TO THE SHOW. TRAFFIC EXPERTS WEIGHING IN ON THE IMPACT THE CONCERT COULD HAVE ON THE ROADWAYS.

>> THE EASTERN SPUR IS GOING TO BE THE BEST BET OF THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE TO AVOID ALL OF THAT OR TRAVELING SOUTH TO THE SHORE. THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IS GOING TO BE THERE BUT YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN A LOT OF VOLUME IN ORDER TO GET DOWN THE SHORE. IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. >> Reporter: THIS MOM OF TAYLOR SWIFT FANATICS WILL BE DROPPING OFF THE TEENS AND THEN WAITING IN THE PARKING LOT TILL THE END OF THE CONCERT. >> THEY’RE GOING TO GO INTO LOT. >> TO THE RACETRACK. >> MAYBE. MAYBE

LISTEN TO THE CONCERT TOO? >> OH SURE. >> Reporter: NOW IF YOU DIDN’T GO THROUGH THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS OF GETTING ONE OF THESE TICKETS, UNFORTUNATELY, METLIFE OFFICIALS REMINDING FOLKS THEY WILL NOT BE SELLING ANY TICKETS DAY OF AT THEIR BOX OFFICE AND AT A QUICK GLANCE ONLINE. TICKETS FOR TONIGHT’S SHOW