Fans holding concert tickets report gate closures outside Jay-Z's final Yankee Stadium show
Large crowds surrounded the stadium ahead of the show as thousands of fans attempted to enter for the final night of what has been a record-setting weekend.
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The News 12 newsroom received multiple calls Sunday evening from Jay-Z concertgoers who said security closed entrance gates outside Yankee Stadium, despite them holding valid tickets for the rapper's final performance of his three-night 30th anniversary concert series.
Large crowds surrounded the stadium ahead of the show as thousands of fans attempted to enter for the final night of what has been a record-setting weekend.
The final performance follows Saturday night's concert, which set the record for the highest-attended concert in Yankee Stadium history with 45,832 tickets sold.
The previous record had been set just one night earlier during Friday's performance, making it the second consecutive night Jay-Z broke the stadium's concert attendance record.
Fans continued to arrive throughout the evening and created heavy foot traffic around the stadium as security managed the large crowds. Some concertgoers contacted News 12 and claimed entrance gates had been closed, despite them possessing valid tickets.
It was not immediately clear how many people were impacted or why access was temporarily restricted.
The sold-out weekend drew tens of thousands of fans to the Bronx as Jay-Z celebrated 30 years in music through what has been billed as a hometown concert series.
Following the New York performances, the Brooklyn native is scheduled to bring the anniversary tour to Los Angeles, Paris and London in September.
News 12 has reached out to the NYPD who said it was looking into the situation as of Sunday night.
