Georgia Tech community members should plan for increased traffic near Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field later this week as the Institute prepares to host two Bruno Mars concerts.
Event load-in will take place throughout the week. Intermittent delays and closures are expected along Bobby Dodd Way (between Techwood Drive and Fowler Street) and Fowler Street (between Bobby Dodd Way and Fourth Street).
Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, April 24, more significant closures will be in effect through the weekend. Techwood Drive will be closed from Bobby Dodd Way to North Avenue through Sunday following the concert.
Additionally, North Avenue will be closed between Techwood Drive and Luckie Street from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. Fowler Street between Fourth and Fifth streets will be limited to parking pass holders accessing Peters Parking Deck.
Be sure to allow extra travel time, use alternate routes, and remain alert to changing traffic patterns in the area.
Transportation Changes
Friday, April 24
- Red Route Stinger will detour beginning at 5:30 p.m. (see map).
Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26
- Weekend Atlantic and Midtown Stinger routes will operate from 8 a.m. to noon. Buses will be labeled “charter” in the TransLoc app.
- Weekend Gold, Red, and Blue Stinger routes will not operate.
- Stingerette Nighttime Safety Service will not operate during the concerts and will resume once roads reopen.
Parking Changes
Parking permit holders will be notified via email if they need to move their vehicle. See a map of all affected parking areas.
The following parking areas will be closed to permit holders to accommodate concert parking:
Thursday, April 23, at 5 p.m., through Monday, April 27, at 8 a.m.
- E44: Lyman Hall Lot
- ER51: Fowler Street from Fourth Street to Bobby Dodd Way
Saturday, April 25, at 8 a.m., through Monday, April 27, at 8 a.m.
- ER51: Fowler Street from Fifth Street to Fourth Street
- ER51: Techwood Drive from Fourth Street to Bobby Dodd Way
- E45: Tech Tower
- E46: Burge Deck
- E48: Wardlaw Center
- E49: Alumni Lot
- E52: Peters Deck
- E63: O’Keefe Lot
- E65: McCamish Pavilion
- ER55: Sixth Street to Fifth Street
- W01: Tech Parkway
Alternative parking will be available to permit holders beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the following locations:
- E70: GTRI Deck
- ER66: Family Housing Deck
- W06: Tech Parkway
- W21: Physics/Boggs/Mason
- W31: IPST
- WR29: West Campus Residential
