Jay-Z's third and final Yankee Stadium concert did not begin on time after a security breach forced a full lockdown and kept fans outside for hours. The show, scheduled for 8 p.m., did not get underway until around 12:15 a.m.
For the people waiting in THE BRONX, the delay was not an abstract problem. Thousands were still outside while the stadium was shut down, and Rosalynn Glover said she had flown in from Atlanta for the concert. She said she arrived a little after 8 and saw people rush Gate 2, then Gate 4, with some getting past security without being checked before each entrance was closed.
The gates reopened shortly before 10 p.m., with police patrolling each entrance, but the damage had already been done. The breach had turned a ticketed concert into a long wait outside Yankee Stadium, with no one allowed in or out for a period of time while the crowd kept building.
That detail is what makes the delay hard to dismiss. Fans had paid for an 8 p.m. start, yet some said people were able to get inside unchecked while others were left in line, caught between the security failure and the locked doors. Glover said staff at Gate 4 were laughing and taunting people who were still trying to get in, adding another layer of anger to a night that was already running late.
What happened next was simple, if not comforting: the show went on, but only after hours of confusion and a lockdown that raised the question of how a concert of this size could be breached so easily. The answer to that is still not in the record, and for the fans who stood outside all night, it is the part of the night that matters most.
