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Fan CelebrationAnother severe impact risk associated withsports championship games involves fancelebrations that occur when a city sportsteam wins a championship at home. In thiscase, the traffic management team chargedwith <strong>managing</strong> <strong>travel</strong> during event egressmust also mitigate traffic impacts caused bynon-attendees converging on the venue siteand unruly fans disrupting traffic and pedestrianflow.For instance, the Detroit Red Wings won the2002 Stanley Cup in Detroit. Operatingfrom past experience, the Michigan StatePolice began closing portions of Interstate75 and the Lodge Freeway (State Route 10)leading to downtown Detroit and the eventvenue. This contingency plan went into effectat the start of the final period of playwith Detroit leading the championshipclinching game. (2) Contingency plan detailswere even posted in advance on Red Wings’fan websites. Located approximately 16miles north of the event venue, Royal Oakpolice and city officials maintained road closurecontingency plans to accommodate thethousands of fans that went to the popularclubs and bars to celebrate the home teamwin. (3)Event Patron ViolenceAn outbreak of violence among event patronswarrants <strong>special</strong> security precautionsto contain and capture potential suspects.Law en<strong>for</strong>cement may initiate a road closureas a first response to discourage people fromentering and leaving the region where theviolence took place.During the 2002 Laughlin, NV River Runmotorcycle rally, attended by tens of thousandsof motorcycle enthusiasts, a multiplehomicide occurred after a clash between rivalmotorcycle gangs. In an ef<strong>for</strong>t to capturethe homicide suspects, Nevada officialsclosed all highways and arterials servingLaughlin, including Nevada State Route 163at the Nevada/Arizona border as shown inFigure 5-2. Trucks <strong>travel</strong>ing U.S. 93, aNorth American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) designated trucking corridor,traverse State Route 163 because of prohibitionson crossing the Hoover Dam. Law en<strong>for</strong>cementmaintained the road closures <strong>for</strong> afew hours. (4) A possible traffic managementcontingency plan prepared in advance of thedescribed security incident would specify aregional alternate route plan coupled withregional <strong>travel</strong>er in<strong>for</strong>mation.Figure 5-2Nevada State Route 168 Closure DuringMotorcycle Rally (Photo courtesy of theLaughlin Free Press)Per<strong>for</strong>mance Goals and ObjectivesThe goals of <strong>managing</strong> <strong>travel</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>planned</strong><strong>special</strong> <strong>events</strong> include achieving predictability,ensuring safety, and maximizing efficiency.Table 5-4 states per<strong>for</strong>mance objectives,<strong>for</strong> the previously defined classes oftransportation system users, applicable tosatisfying the overall goal of operations efficiencyand safety. In meeting these per<strong>for</strong>manceobjectives, the event planningteam must target the goal of achieving predictabilityduring the event operations planningphase. Table 5-5 presents common,easy-to-measure measures of effectiveness<strong>for</strong> assessing the per<strong>for</strong>mance5EVENT PROFILE POST-EVENT ACTIVITIES DAY-OF-EVENT ACTIVITIES ADVANCE PLANNINGOVERVIEW5-7

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