Spectators advised to arrive early for Sunday's Bassmaster finale
By ERIC BAILEY, World Sports Writer on Feb 23, 2013, at 9:09 PM Updated on 2/24/13 at 11:21 AM
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The BOK Center hit attendance capacity during Saturday’s weigh-in following competition at the Bassmaster Classic Presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
About 3:45 p.m. (45 minutes after the arena opened) fans were halted at the BOK Center main doors. A line formed and visitors would be allowed inside as others left the arena.
“The venue informed us we were in a capacity situation,” said Eric Lopez, the tournament’s director of operations. “We went into a one-in, one-out situation.”
The BOK’s setup for the weigh-in is 12,000. But attendance (which hasn’t been officially announced) is expected to be higher than that because of the rotating fans that watched the event.
“We’ve been in markets where we’ve been in this situation,” Lopez said. “It’s not uncommon for us to do this. It doesn’t happen in every city and, when it does, it’s usually on the final day. It’s rare to see it on a Saturday, but it has happened before.
That’s why we’re very excited about the crowd turnout at both facilities.”
Perhaps the best advice for Sunday — get there early.
The BOK Center’s doors open at 3 p.m. and admission is free.
“Based on what we’ve seen the last two days, get out as early as you possibly can,” Lopez said. “We do ask people to be patient with us. Historically, we’ve had people line up in advance of the doors opening.”
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The driver had a suspended license, police said.
An AEP-PSO spokesperson said a transformer failure at the Dawson substation about 3:40 a.m. Wednesday that caused a feeder line to malfunction
