What to Know Before Morgan Wallen’s Historic Show in Tuscaloosa’s Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday
Tens of thousands of fans are expected to flood into Bryant-Denny Stadium this weekend for its first concert in decades featuring country superstar Morgan Wallen, and road closures and parking accommodations are planned or already underway in preparation.
No one has played a show inside the Stadium since Hank Williams, Jr. in 1983, making Wallen the first in 43 years.
In guidance published last week, the University of Alabama said its parking lots on the North and West sides of the stadium would close this weekend, on April 11th.
Other campus lots will close Friday night at 8 p.m. and reopen on Saturday for concert parking permit holders.
A large number of local road closures are also planned for Saturday, April 18th, the day of the concert.
Those will begin at noon and will reopen after public safety officials determine travel through the area is safe again.
ROAD CLOSURES BEGINNING AT 12 P.M. APRIL 18TH
- University Boulevard closed from Stadium Drive to Campus Drive West/Frank Thomas Avenue
- Colonial Drive and Wallace Wade Avenue – closed from University Boulevard to Bryant Drive
- 6th Street closed just west of Wallace Wade Avenue
- 8th Street closed from Frank Thomas Avenue to Wallace Wade Avenue
- Bryant Drive closed from Frank Thomas Avenue to 8th Avenue
- 10th Avenue closed from 12th Street to Bryant Drive
- 6th Avenue closed from University Boulevard to Bryant Drive
Some sidewalks near the north end of Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium along University Boulevard will also be temporarily closed, and pedestrians should follow posted detour signage.
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox also joined the Steve and DC Show on 95.3 the Bear Monday morning to talk about the concert and said he expects it will be an even bigger draw and have an even greater economic impact than the A-Day spring scrimmage last weekend.
"We're really excited, it's a great economic development weekend. You know, a year ago, there was some grief we took when we said that A-Day lessening may not be a bad thing. We certainly knew at the time, based on discussions we were having, that something like what we're seeing this coming Saturday was a distinct possibility," Maddox said. "Economically, it is a bigger weekend and frankly, for hoteliers and restaurants, a better weekend."
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