Aussie concert detail American Taylor Swift fans can’t believe

One huge detail in Taylor Swift’s line-up of massive Australian stadium concerts has her fans in America in disbelief.

One huge detail in Taylor Swift’s string of Melbourne concerts has her fans in America in disbelief.

Swift performed three sellout concerts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) over the weekend – milestone shows of 96,000 fans at a time, making them officially the largest headline concerts of her career.

Swifties overseas kept an eye on proceedings as the star kicked off her Australian tour, but when they saw the stadium and surrounds, many shared one question: Where on earth does everybody park?

The vision shared to the Melbourne tourism TikTok account.

The MCG is surrounded by parklands on three sides.
The Visit Melbourne tourism TikTok account showed some aerial footage of the MCG, filled with fans and surrounded by both parklands and train lines.

As one person on Twitter pointed out, the comment section was soon filled with questions from American fans. Well, one question in particular.

Swift onstage in Melbourne. Picture: Getty
“I’m just trying to figure out where all the cars are,” wrote one person.

“Where does everyone park though?” asked another.

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“Where was the parking lot??” begged another.

And on it went, dozens if not hundreds of comments, all asking the same question: Where do these 96,000 people all put their cars?

A quick look at the average American stadium set-up and you can understand US Swifties’ confusion, as journalist Alex McKinnon pointed out on Twitter with the eye-opening aerial shots below. They show the mammoth parking lots surrounding many major US venues – often with no public transport options in sight:

Arizona’s State Farm Stadium, a pimple amidst a giant parking lot.

Good luck finding your car after a visit to California’s SoFi Stadium.
Melbourne’s MCG is right next to Richmond Station and a short walk from Flinders Street, making it easy for concertgoers to leave their cars at home.

The situation is similar for this week’s Sydney Swift shows, taking over Accor Stadium for four nights from Friday and a short walk from Olympic Park stadium.

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300,000 fans are expected to flock to Olympic Park over the four nights, with Friday and Saturday especially busy as rockers Blink 182 perform at Qudos Bank Arena next door.

Public transport is free for those heading to the shows, with hundreds of additional trains and buses scheduled to run to Olympic Park each night, including special express trains to and from Central and Western Line stations.

Meanwhile, Swift herself flew in to Sydney from Melbourne yesterday, where she’s expected to lay low – reportedly based in a mansion in the city’s eastern suburbs – ahead of Friday’s first Sydney concert.