As the Electric Daisy Carnival festivities wind down this morning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the party will be just beginning on area freeways.
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With over 170,000 people expected to attend Electric Daisy Carnival each night this weekend, festivalgoers and residents alike should brace for traffic congestion.
Officials are warning EDC partygoers to brace for traffic delays on roads leading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, site of the festival that starts Friday.
Traffic restrictions will be in place Friday through Sunday as hundreds of thousands of expected EDM fans are set to converge on the speedway.
So, a half-million revelers will be hitting Electric Daisy Carnival this weekend, but you’re not interested in counting yourself among them?
With the bright lights dimmed and the thumping bass gone, some 155,000 Electric Daisy Carnival attendees pounded the pavement and mixed in with the usual Monday morning commute.
Las Vegans can expect heavy traffic as travelers from across the world descend on the annual Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
With the end of the three-day the Electric Daisy Carnival , Las Vegas commuters heading south on Interstate 15 encountered long delays Monday morning.
U.S. Highway 95 at Intersate 15 was back open in all directions shortly after midnight Monday after being shut down since midnight Friday.
Traffic conditions will be worse than usual this year during the Electric Daisy Carnival, when a heavily used section of the Spaghetti Bowl interchange closes in downtown Las Vegas, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
Traffic on Interstate 15 was briefly heavier than usual Monday morning, when local commuters were joined by weary driversheaded home from the Electric Daisy Carnival.
Vehicles faced delays of about 90 minutes just after 9 p.m. Friday on parts of Interstate 15 leading to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the site of the Electric Daisy Carnival.
Just about everyone in Las Vegas will have something to rave about during the Electric Daisy Carnival next weekend when roughly 400,000 revelers make their way to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for three days of high-energy music.
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