Posted by Eric G., a resident of Mountain View, on Jul 5, 2012 at 3:12 pm

From Mountain View, leaving at 7 pm, it took us a full hour to get to the lawn. After the fireworks, we rushed to our car but it still took us over an hour to get past the Shoreline Blvd./Ampitheatre Parkway intersection (traffic was relatively smooth after that). The best way to go is bike to the venue. If you can't do that, it is unquestionably faster for most people to walk the last mile than to drive it. The fireworks occur on the "east" side of the venue, so seats (or lawn space) facing that direction will have a little better view. I don't see any reason to pay to be closer to the stage, but it depends on what you value. The concert itself is so pop-py and lightweight that full people give full attention to the music.