Orange County Expects Traffic Crush This Weekend in Anaheim

Orange County began its very own Carmageddon Friday with a series of crowd-generating events expected to draw a crush of weekend traffic to Anaheim.

Three Angels games, a new Disneyland Resort exhibit, multiple concerts and special events are set to slam the city with traffic.

Commuters are being advised to plan ahead, carpool or take public transit.

The weekend's events include:

• Disney California Adventure Park's new Cars Land exhibit – an attraction that opened Friday morning and is expected to draw crowds

• Three Angels home games against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 45,000-seat Angel Stadium -- at 7:05 p.m. Friday, 7:05 p.m. Saturday and 12:35 p.m. Sunday

• One Direction, a popular British-Irish boy band, is playing the 10,000-seat Honda Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday

• Concerts are set for Friday and Saturday nights at City National Grove of Anaheim, which shares a parking lot with Angel Stadium

• Multiple events are scheduled for the Anaheim Convention Center, including a national volleyball tournament

Disneyland officials plans to move 2,500 of its employees to other parking lots to accommodate the record crowds expected for Cars Land.

The "Angels Express" Metrolink train will provide service Friday night to Anaheim from the Mission Viejo/Laguna Niguel Station, Los Angeles' Union Station and Riverside.

No additional bus service is being offered, a spokeswoman with the Orange County Transit Authority said. Schedules are at www.octa.net/anaheimevents.

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