Shakira fans disheartened by long entry lines at Valley Children's Stadium

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Global Superstar Shakira took the signifier astatine Valley Children's Stadium Thursday night, wherever tens of thousands of fans flocked to acquisition her unthinkable energy, but getting into the stadium proved to beryllium a nightmare for fans contempt their excitement.

"I retrieve my puerility and listening to her, truthful I was truthful excited," said instrumentality Cindy Magallon.

Fans were shaking their hips, dancing, singing and some...even crying...as they enjoyed 2 high-energy hours of Shakira's apical hits.

It was a memorable nighttime for Cindy Magallon and her puerility friend.

"Omg, erstwhile Shakira was doing the dancing, nary singing, conscionable her hips moving everywhere, I was conscionable similar OMG, it's happening! This is amazing."

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Despite the highs of the night, Magallon says she's disappointed with the handling of entranceway lines and parking.

She paid $60 for a spot successful the achromatic lot, but erstwhile she pulled up, she recovered it was full.

"There were different radical coming, lowering their window, asking the aforesaid happening and they were frustrated arsenic well," said Magallon.

She recovered parking respective blocks distant and says the postulation and chaos were disheartening, but what wounded her the astir was missing the commencement of Shakira's performance.

"I'm walking with my person arsenic accelerated arsenic we can, we perceive the intro and it's opus aft song, I was similar ohio no."

The Fresno State Athletics Department released a connection earlier the performance ended, issuing an apology for the precocious gross opening and agelong lines.

Director Garrett Klassy posted connected X Friday morning, saying successful part, "Our unit showed grit, resilience, and curiosity-and we're a amended section due to the fact that of it. We'll support learning and leveling up."

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is applauding the Athletics Department for bringing successful a planetary superstar and taking connected the unsocial challenge.

It's a determination Dyer says is helping the section and the city.

"I applaud them. I cognize determination were immoderate glitches with radical trying to get in, delays, and heat, which you cannot control. But overall, I deliberation radical were good entertained. From each the feedback, they truly enjoyed," said Mayor Jerry Dyer.

Ben Wiele with American Ambulance agrees, saying determination weren't immoderate large emergencies contempt the precocious heat.

"We had a program successful place, and that program worked truly well. We had astir 3 twelve interactions with radical who wanted to get checks retired and 3 transports to the hospital," said Ben Wiele.

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