Concert visitors for the Dave Matthews Band concert continue trend of early arrival

More and more people are trying to find ways to beat the traffic grid entering The Pavilion at Star Lake.Some are dropped off at the entrance and walk to the pavilion, while others choose to show up an hour before gates open and line their vehicles along Route 18.Even concertgoers who have early parking passes showed up an hour before their parking gates opened at 2 p.m. "Based on what I was hearing after a recent event or two here, get here before the gates open," says Bill Jacobs from Syracuse, New York. "That's what I'm hearing."Kelly Frost says past experiences taught her and a group of friends to be the first in line, "for Jimmy Buffet, we didn't have much of an issue, but I did see for Dead and Company, people were very frustrated. But we learn from other people's mistakes sometimes, so we came early today."Traffic backed up from the entrance of Star Lake all the way to Route 22, within minutes of gates opening for free parking at 4 p.m.