Taylor Swift fans, police, drivers prepare for sold out shows this weekend

Megastar Taylor Swift is set to perform at Ford Field in Detroit this weekend. The two-day Eras Tour stop kicks off Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, hundreds of fans lined up outside of the stadium for early merchandise sales.

“I got the grey crew neck which is, like, very sought out. This is the thing because it’s only sold at the merch truck and then I got some t-shirts for my sister-in-law,” said Samantha Helzer as she showed 7 Action News crews the items she bought.

Some dedicated fans were in line for merchandise as early as 2 a.m. sold out shows this weekend

“We saw these videos and were like we need to bring chairs,” said Jana Jakupi as she sat next to her friends Mikayla Doyle and Natalie Haight.

Mikayla, Jana, and Natalie say after fighting for tickets this will be their first Taylor Swift show.

“I got in on the pre-sale and I checked out as soon as the site crashed, but it went through,” said Doyle.

“It took us like 4 hours,” added Jakupi.

“We skipped all our classes for the day and just sat in Ticketmaster, got snacks,” said Haight.

According to the Ford Field website, the event is completely sold out.

Fans say they’re looking most forward to the surprise song. They say at every show, Swift has been playing a different surprise song outside of the normal setlist.

Megastar Taylor Swift is set to perform at Ford Field in Detroit this weekend. The two-day Eras Tour stop kicks off Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, hundreds of fans lined up outside of the stadium for early merchandise sales.

“I got the grey crew neck which is, like, very sought out. This is the thing because it’s only sold at the merch truck and then I got some t-shirts for my sister-in-law,” said Samantha Helzer as she showed 7 Action News crews the items she bought.

Some dedicated fans were in line for merchandise as early as 2 a.m.

“I have been to every tour except for Speak Now. I did not make it to that one,” said Taylor Swift fan Elena Damiani. “I am a serious Swiftie!”

Damiani, who has been a fan for several years, says her tickets were a birthday gift to herself.

“I was hoping she was going to play Getaway Car but that was already a surprise song, but she’s playing 4 hours of music so you can’t be disappointed,” said fan Paige Fowler.

Doors open at 4:30 both nights and the show is set to kick off off at 6:30 p.m.

The city has already started closing roads around the venue including portions of Brush St and Adams St.