What you need to know about Luke Bryan's Central Valley concerts

CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Luke Bryan is successful the Central Valley. Thursday night, helium volition instrumentality the Castle Airport signifier in Atwater for his Farm Tour. Afterward, helium volition marque his mode down to Fresno County, wherever helium volition execute in Clovis. 

In Atwater, the gates unfastened astatine 5 p.m. and the performance begins astatine 6 p.m. 

Both Merced and Fresno counties are each expecting astir 20,000 Luke Bryan lovers to be the concerts.

"At 9 p.m., there's going to beryllium a hard closure astatine Schaefer and Santa Fe. We're going to person a hard closure astatine Franklin and Santa Fe. However, Franklin and Santa Fe is going to beryllium the designated pickup spot post-concert," said Merced County Lt. Steve Bassi.

Also, astatine 9 p.m., determination volition beryllium ramp closures astatine the Atwater Expressway. The southbound on-ramp volition beryllium closed, arsenic good arsenic the northbound and southbound off-ramps.

"The folks that are not the performance goers, I would archer them, the public, debar Santa Fe astatine each costs," Lt. Bassi expressed.

Drivers tin expect Merced County instrumentality enforcement to beryllium stationed astatine large intersections to assistance with postulation control.

In Fresno County, CHP Public Information Officer Mike Salas says determination volition beryllium up to 30 further CHP officers connected patrol successful the Harlan Ranch area.

"Here connected 168, we person a truly bully program to bring the assemblage successful onto Owens Mountain Parkway, which is conscionable close adjacent to Harlan Ranch. That postulation is going to beryllium funneled close into the parking area, which volition beryllium straight adjacent to the performance arena," Salas explained. 

The parking batch opens astatine 2 p.m. If you did not bargain your parking walk with your performance tickets, it volition beryllium $40 astatine the gate. 

A designated rideshare, drop-off, and pick-up portion volition beryllium located connected Thompson Avenue. While the other patrol volition assistance the travel of traffic, they're besides connected the ticker for drivers nether the influence.

"It's a 100% zero tolerance. We are going to instrumentality each enforcement enactment determination is against those that take to beryllium irresponsible, get down the instrumentality impaired," added Salas.

Officers successful Atwater and Clovis expect a agelong nighttime for everyone. So, they inquire you to delight battalion your patience, it could instrumentality up to an hr oregon much conscionable to get retired of the area. All roadworthy closures and postulation congestion are expected to wrapper up astir 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.