ExtremeRavens Posted August 16 Posted August 16 Saturday will be a busy one on the Baltimore sports calendar, and with that comes traffic concerns. The Ravens will host the Atlanta Falcons in their second preseason game at noon at M&T Bank Stadium, while the Orioles play the Boston Red Sox at 7 p.m. at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. “To avoid any parking challenges between the games, fans are encouraged not to show up earlier than when lots or gates open for the Orioles game,” the Orioles said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. Lots for the Orioles game will open at 4 p.m., with gates opening at 5 p.m. According to the teams, fans attending both games will be permitted to stay in their purchased parking location by showing both passes to the parking attendant when they arrive. They must have a permit for both games in the same parking lot. There are three state-owned parking lots that sit between Oriole Park and M&T Bank Stadium. The parking lots are part of roughly 85 acres that compose the Camden Yards complex. This season, the Orioles are averaging 27,668 fans per home game, while the Ravens don’t typically draw a full crowd at their 71,000-seat stadium for preseason games. The Orioles and Ravens have clashed in the past when it comes to overlapping events. Notably, the teams were unable to strike a compromise in 2013 when the NFL hoped the Ravens would open the season at M&T Bank Stadium on a night when the Orioles had a home game scheduled in their nearby stadium. The Ravens became the first reigning Super Bowl champion to open on the road since 2003, losing to the Denver Broncos. In October, gridlock that some feared amid twin events held at Oriole Park and M&T Bank Stadium came to fruition, stranding drivers on streets surrounding the complex long after Stevie Nicks took the stage to perform. Tickets to see Nicks along with singer Billy Joel at the Ravens’ stadium went on sale months before the Orioles clinched the American League East, ensuring that the team would host a postseason game at Camden Yards on the same date. Organizers pushed up the start of the Orioles game to 1 p.m. in hopes of clearing the stadiums’ shared tract in time for the concert’s 7 p.m. start. That gap proved to be too little time for many who chose to drive to the stadium, especially with a rain delay pushing the first pitch to 2:15 p.m. View the full article Quote
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