Downtown Main Street turned into a concert with a party atmosphere. Budweiser was a major sponsor along with all the local casinos and bars. Special celebration glasses were sold for around $5 and refilled depending on what brand of beer your were drinking for between 2.50 and 3.50 and you could walk the downtown section till 10 pm each night. What was surprising to us was the lack of visibility of the local police only 3 officers were on foot patrol the whole day and night. The crowd was estimated to be between 10000 and 15000 both nights and where all the people went to after the concerts we don't know as we had to drive out of town back to the RV park about 6 miles away. We did not encounter any traffic problems. There is not that many hotel rooms in this town and the population is around 1300 people in Deadwood and around 1400 for Lead a couple of miles away.
Friday night concert featured "Sha Na Na" and on Saturday "The Platters". Concerts were opened with local bands.
This was a great spot to visit. Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota and surrounded by loads of history and fun.
While we there we had to make another visit to Mt Rushmore about 40 miles away, still an amazing National Monument.
This what Main Street looked like around 4 pm before the concerts. Crowd estimated between 10 and 15k.
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