SAN FRANCISCO -- The Outside Lands music festival ended a week ago but the Polo Field at Golden Gate Park is still blocked off to the public as the site is readied for another major concert event. Some neighbors are not thrilled about a second straight weekend of loud music and heavy traffic. The back-to-back concerts, put on by Another Planet Entertainment, make a lot of sense logistically.
It takes a while to set up for a big outdoor event of this magnitude so most of the infrastructure was kept in place. That has meant an extended headache for some residents. RELATED : System of a Down, Deftones headline Golden Gate Park concert Saturday Pamela Kimball has lived off and on in the Richmond District since 1980.
She's well aware of Outside Lands but not the new event. "This is a surprise," Kimball said. "I thought this was over.
" Kimball said these events take away parts of the park that she enjoys along with causing problems associated with large crowds. "Just our neighborhood," she said. "We're paying the price.
The parking, the traffic, the road closures. I don't want to be too much of a complainer about it but it does impact my life. Especially the Richmond side.
They walk all over us in the Richmond." Commissioner Kat Anderson with San Francisco Recreation and Parks said Outside Lands has generated roughly $1 billion in economic activity since 2008 and this inaugural Golden Gate Park Concerts alone will add an estimated $1.4 million.
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