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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Tens of thousands of fans are expected to battalion Valley Children’s Stadium Thursday nighttime for Shakira’s highly anticipated concert.
Security volition beryllium tight, aesculapian teams are connected standby, and adjacent businesses — including 1 section religion — are preparing for the surge successful crowds.
Among those excited for the amusement are Fresno State shot players Genevieve, Katie, and Averee, who scored tickets astatine the past minute.
“I deliberation it’s conscionable going to beryllium truthful chill having it connected the shot field,” said instrumentality Averee Campos.
Katie Morris, besides a fan, said having the performance close successful their stadium adds to the excitement.
“I deliberation it’s thing to beryllium excited about. I mean, it’s successful our stadium, truthful it gives the athletes a small spot person transportation to the event,” she said.
And arsenic for the heat? Katie says they’re utilized to it.
“Honestly, it’s ever blistery successful Fresno, truthful we’re ever utilized to it,” she said with a laugh.
“Once the prima sets, everything volition beryllium good — conscionable hydrate.”
Emergency Teams connected Alert
For American Ambulance, tonight’s amusement means a full-scale operation.
“It’s a beauteous large lawsuit — we bash each of the Fresno State games astatine the aforesaid stadium,” said Public Information Officer Ben Wiele.
“But it’s conscionable a small spot antithetic dynamic — stadium concerts bring antithetic energy, tons of alcohol.”
To prepare, American Ambulance volition person much than 20 paramedics and EMTs stationed passim the venue.
“We dainty this arsenic fundamentally conscionable a mini city,” Wiele said. “Any benignant of aesculapian exigency that tin hap successful the mean day-to-day tin hap here.”
Church Turns Concert into Fundraiser
Just down the thoroughfare from the stadium, members of Wesley United Methodist Church are taking vantage of the lawsuit to rise funds for their congregation by charging $30 for parking spots.
“We’ll person radical retired present astatine the 2 driveways letting cars successful and charging $30 a car,” said religion subordinate Andy Hansen-Smith.
With astir 350 spaces disposable connected a first-come, first-served basis, Hansen-Smith says the fundraiser volition payment the church’s assemblage programs.
He adjacent had a playful selling thought successful caput — a donation jar labeled “Tips Don’t Lie” — but says the remainder of the congregation wasn’t connected board.
Concert Tips
Hansen-Smith says religion parking opens astatine 5 p.m. Wiele adds that fans with level seats should beryllium acceptable for higher temperatures.
“It volition beryllium astir 10 degrees hotter down there,” helium said. “So retrieve to portion plentifulness of h2o and enactment hydrated.”
