Pre-Opening

Lining up before the doors open.

The doors were supposed to open at 9:00 AM, but many had showed up the day before, and it was very crowded outside an hour before the doors were opened. In previous years, there were barbeque-parties the night before, but this year it was rainy, so this killed a lot of the fun before the main party got started.

Strangely enough, it didn't rain around the arena, while it poured elsewhere only a couple of miles away.

As attendees queued up outside, the crew worked inside making the final preparations.

With 10 minutes to go before the doors were supposed to be opened, all cables were still not in place. This caused the event to be postponed by about one hour.