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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Thousands of Shakira fans were waiting for her successful Fresno Thursday night. The world-famous Latin popular prima wrapped up her amusement astatine Valley Children’s Stadium, and contempt the vigor and delay, Shakira made thousands of fans happy.
“Very excited. She's my favourite singer. This is my archetypal clip here. I'm truthful excited. Woo hoo,” Shakira instrumentality Norma Ruiz said.
Shakira fans person flocked to the Central Valley for the first-ever performance astatine Valley Children’s Stadium, and immoderate fans aren’t conscionable going to immoderate mean show.
“I'm hoping she sings a batch of the older songs similar Hips Don't Lie, due to the fact that these hips, they don't lie. They're retired of metallic, truthful there's nary mode they're gonna lie,” Yaletza Marron said.
Yaletza Marron is simply a large Shakira fan. She said she's gladsome Thursday's amusement is wheelchair accessible.
“I was going to spell to a antithetic venue earlier this year, but they don't person handicapped accessible ramps. So this one, I was like, I person to spell if they're going to fto maine in,” Marron said.
Tonight, Shakira's satellite circuit makes a halt successful Fresno earlier the circuit continues successful Mexico. Some folks made the thrust from retired of municipality to the party.
“I had taken her to her precise archetypal performance successful the Bay Area to spot Shakira erstwhile she was astir 8 years old,” Christy Medina said.
“She asked maine if I wanted to go. I was like, That was my archetypal performance with Shakira, with my mom. So that would that was an contiguous Yeah,” Sarah Gonzalez added.
But the enactment was delayed by an hour. Fresno State Athletics posted connected societal media that owed to utmost heat, the amusement was pushed backmost from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
“I person them connected my tickets. They said connected my ticket. That it was pushed back. A small disappointed, but that's okay,” Shakira instrumentality Meryll Dagting said.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office told YourCentralValley.com that immoderate radical were not capable to get wrong the venue connected clip due to the fact that of the deficiency of security, which made the screening process slow. They adjacent study that immoderate fights broke retired arsenic a result, and 1 of the fans was upset due to the fact that she paid implicit $1,000 for her summons and wasn't capable to get inside.
Due to the delays, Fresno State Athletics sent a statement, apologizing to the community:
To Our Fresno Community,
Thank you, Fresno, for showing up contiguous with truthful overmuch passionateness and energy.
We besides privation to sincerely apologize for the precocious gross opening and agelong lines to participate Valley Children’s Stadium. This was our first-ever performance astatine VCS, and portion we are committed to delivering a world-class experience, contiguous we fell short. That’s connected us.
To beryllium wide — this hold was owed to our ain issues and not Shakira oregon her team, who were acceptable to execute close connected clip and conscionable arsenic excited to stock this unthinkable evening with you.
We volition larn from this, marque the indispensable changes, and guarantee that the adjacent clip we bring a world-class enactment to Fresno, the acquisition from commencement to decorativeness matches the excitement connected stage.
Tonight was inactive a peculiar infinitesimal for our community, and we’re grateful for your patience, support, and emotion for unrecorded music.
Despite the delays, astir fans were connected the aforesaid leafage - they were consenting to hold for their favourite musician.
“I mean, it's hot, but. It's ever blistery successful the valley, truthful we’re good,” Medina said.
And for their favourite songs.
“Donde esta corazon for me, and She Wolf, due to the fact that I asked my girls what opus you privation maine to telephone you erstwhile she's playing and they said She Wolf,” Medina and Gonzalez said.
The anticipation is - much concerts similar contiguous volition travel to Fresno.
“I'm a Fresno State student, truthful I'm precise excited to person idiosyncratic execute astatine our stadium,” Dagting said.
Fresno State besides says contiguous was a sellout, and that up to 28,000 radical could acceptable into tonight's show.
