Not Good

From the LVRJ: At least one NASCAR fan remains livid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials after he and thousands of other race fans who attended Sunday’s Kobalt 400 race were not allowed to leave a locked parking lot until an hour after the race was over.
Medical researcher David Morehouse of Las Vegas said speedway parking attendants, backed up by Las Vegas police and Nevada Highway Patrol troopers, told him fans in the free parking lots could leave only after paid lots emptied. The speedway has more than 10,000 free parking spaces. Crowds usually exceed 100,000 people for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
Morehouse said he tried to leave with 40 laps left in the race, which is part of NASCAR’s top Sprint Cup series circuit, but instead both missed the end of the race and couldn’t leave to beat the traffic. He said he waited about two hours to get away.
“This is an illegal act! You cannot detain patrons against their will, without their consent, when there is no safety issue, no lives are at stake — when the only reason is LVMS wants to give priority exit status to paid parking patrons,” Morehouse wrote in a Monday email to speedway President Chris Powell and local public officials. “The act is unconscionable, and should be punishable by fine or class action lawsuit.”
Morehouse recalled in his letter that an angry veteran stood in front of the locked gate and said, “I’ve just served my country for 18 months in Afghanistan, only to come back here and have you lock me in a parking lot like an animal. When did Nevada become a police state?”
Morehouse said an elderly couple informed a parking attendant they needed to leave for a medical appointment, but were told, “Sure, nice try buddy.”
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/nascar-fans-say-they-were-held-prisoner-free-parking-las-vegas-motor-speedway
After race traffic is a nightmare and to hold back someone back before the race ends is just plain wrong.
However, the complainer also taking it over the top by saying he was treated like an animal and calling Nevada a police state.