Tomorrow, he will start a four-night stand (May 13-14, 17-18) at The Pavilion at Old School Square in Delray Beach, Fla., not far from his home in Palm Beach. The reduced seating allows for around 850 people per show seated in fenced four-person pods. Tickets for all four shows at the open-air venue sold out in around 10 minutes.
Buffett calls the concerts “spring training” for when his summer job resumes playing full-capacity shows, rescheduled from last year in July. He played (and filmed) two shows at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, Calif. for an invited crowd of 40 people in April, but, otherwise, the Delray Beach concerts will be his first in 14 months, and his excitement is palpable.
The Challenge Miami Triathlon will be closing Card Sound Road traffic from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 14.
Motorists will take the 18-Mile Stretch as a detour during those times, according to Monroe County Sheriffâs Office spokesman Adam Linhardt.
Racers will leave the Homestead-Miami Speedway and eventually head south on Card Sound Road to Alabama Jacks and turn around, heading back to the race track, Linhardt said.