Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Traffic Concerns 3/23-3/25 ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL


The weekend of March 23-25, 2012 will see a variety of events occurring within and around the Downtown Core of the City of Miami.  These events will bring well over 200,000 attendees throughout the weekend.  The main event will be the Ultra Music Festival, which will occur at Bayfront Park for three consecutive days. Below is a list of individual events, their dates, times and locations.

Bayfront Park
Wednesday, March 21, 2012       Bayfront Park Amphitheater Concert/movie
7:00pm – 11:00pm

Thursday, March 22, 2012          Bayfront Park Amphitheater Concert/movie
7:00pm – 11:00pm

Friday, March 23, 2012              Ultra Concert
4:00pm- 12midnight

Saturday, March 24, 2012           Ultra Concert
12noon - 12midnight

Sunday, March 25, 2012             Ultra Concert
12noon – 11:00pm


American Airlines Arena: Disney on Ice (show times listed below)
Thursday 10:30am – 7:00pm
Friday 10:30am – 7:00pm
Saturday 11:00am – 3:00pm- 7:00pm
Sunday 11:00am - 3:00pm – 7:00pm

Bicentennial Park: Cavalia (show times listed below)
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 3:00pm – 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm

Adrienne Arsht Center: Shows varied (show times listed below)
Come Fly Away:
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm – 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm – 7:30pm

Beethoven’s Pastoral
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 8:00pm

MusicaFantastica:
Saturday 2:00pm

Emilio and the Enchanted Cow:
Saturday 11:00am – 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm

James L. Knight Center: I Need a Man(show times listed below)
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 3:00pm – 8:00pm

Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center: New World School of the Arts: Rising Stars
Friday 7:30pm

Grand Central Park 721 N. Miami Avenue (Old Miami Arena Site)
Masquerade Motel
Friday 1:00pm – 12midnight
Saturday 1:00pm – 12midnight

Downtown Miami Entertainment District will be open for business throughout the weekend.

There will be a traffic detour along Biscayne Boulevard. This detour will take effect on Thursday night, March 22, at 1100 PM and will last through Monday morning, at approximately 0500 AM. Traffic along Biscayne Boulevard will be brought down to two lanes from SE 1 Street to NE 3 Street in both directions. All Northbound lanes will be closed and all traffic along Biscayne Boulevard will be shifted onto the southbound lanes in a counter flow. 

All businesses will be open as usual.  Bayside and the Port of Miami will have all access as normal.  Parking spaces in the area will be limited and attendees are encouraged to use public transportation, taxis or other means. The Metrorail and Metromover systems will run until 200 AM.

City of Miami Police Officers will be strategically located along the Biscayne corridor, SE 2 Street, NE 6 and 8 Streets to assist with the flow of traffic.Residents, merchants, tourists and all other visitors should expect serious traffic delays when traveling through the Downtown Core, or while trying to get to and from the area.Everyone in the area should expect loud music until Midnight on Friday and Saturday and until 1100 PM on Sunday.

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