Traffic getting to the National Sports Center was pretty bad when we got to the area a half hour before the event, and many of the parking lots looked full, or close to full. We took a risk and pulled into to the shops just off Davenport St NE and 109th Ave NE, just turning off 109th took a while, but we hoped we could find a shop parking spot. The main parking lots (like Target and Tutor Time) were full, but there is a open grass area that people were parking in that was not. From there it was just a short talk around Tutor Time and we were able to sit on the grass on the non-sports center side of Davenport. They may have sprayed for bugs, we brought bug spray but didn’t need any.
It worked well, we could see the fireworks just fine and getting out was not too difficult either – I know if was faster than being in the back of one of the National Sports Center parking lots.
The fireworks went about a half hour. They went pretty steady and had a large amount going off at once about seven minutes in (we actually questioned if it was the grand finale). It was a good place to watch fireworks, and we heard from others that drove into Minneapolis last year that these were just as good with less hassle.
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