“Life isn’t how to survive the storm. It’s about how to dance in the rain."—Taylor Swift
Bill and I road our bikes on the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail to Levi Stadium yesterday afternoon. We've done this route many times exploring the extensive amount of biking trails around and beyond the perimeter of the stadium. Bill worked at Levi Stadium for five years back in the day, and knows this area like the back of his hand. This time, by design we found ourselves in the midst of thousands of Taylor Swift fans who were partying outside the stadium gates many hours before she took the stage—whether they had tickets or not. Security was tight including bomb sniffing dogs, cops on bicycles and motorcycles to secure the perimeters.
It was the Bay Area’s first sold-out Eras Tour and the “Swifties” were all decked out with pink cowboy hats, cowboy boots, sparkling glittery ball gowns, and T-shirts emblazoned with the words “we love Taylor.” I took a photo of one fan wearing bright pick pants, several friendship bracelets on her right wrist, carrying a poster that read: Swifties All The Way From NEWFOUNDLAND. Even Bill good-naturedly got into the act by donning a pink cowboy hat:-) It was reported that the concert was expected to become the highest-grossing musical tour of all time, exceeding more than One Billion Dollars in revenue. Unfortunately, there were only 60,000 seats and a million Taylor Swift fans that wanted tickets. Disappointed fans had to content themselves with congregating outdoors together and enjoying clips of the three-hour performance.
Credit for the two Taylor Swift Photos: Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
