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BEYONCE.
SHE OPENS HER FORMATION WORLD
TOUR IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
BEYONCE ANNOUNCES THE TOUR
AFTER HER HALFTIME SHOW AT THE
SUPER BOWL.
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDED BECAUSE
OF THAT SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE.
THE GATES ARE NOW OPEN AT
MARLINS PARK.
Reporter: THAT SHOW IS SET
TO KICK OFF IN AN HOUR.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE SCENE.
THERE ISN'T MUCH OF ONE.
IT IS VERY CALM.
FANS ARE TRICKLING IN AT THEIR
LEISURE.
THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY
MAJOR PROBLEMS.
THIS IS HOW THE CITY OF MIAMI
POLICE TOLD US THIS WOULD GO
BECAUSE HE SAID THIS EVENT IS
FULLY STAFFED DESPITE THE CALLS
FOR A BOYCOTT.
ALL THE WAY FROM
JACKSONVILLE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL
OF IT.
Reporter: FOUR HOURS BEFORE
BEYONCE SINGS HER FIRST NOTE,
GABRIELLA WAS HERE AT MARLINS
PARK, EXCITED FOR THE CONCERT.
IT'S BEYONCE!
YOU HAVE TO BE ON TIME FOR
BEYONCE.
Reporter: IN ADDITION TO
PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS
SURROUNDING MARLINS PARK, AND A
VERY FULL SHOW, THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE KICKOFF OF
BEYONCE FORMATION WORLD TOUR
TONIGHT IN MIAMI BECAME
SURROUNDED BY CONTROVERSY, A
STORY THAT WENT NATIONAL.
THE BLUE VERSUS BEYONCE.
Reporter: IT CENTERED ON THE
POLICE PRESIDENT WHO CALLED ON
HIS FELLOW OFFICERS TO BOYCOTT
SIGNING UP TO WORK OFF-DUTY
SECURITY AT BEYONCE'S SHOW.
HE WAS ANGRY ABOUT HER SUPER
BOWL PERFORMANCE DURING WHICH
THE BACKUP DANCERS WERE DRESSED
LIKE BLACK PANTHERS.
HE WAS ALSO UPSET ABOUT THE
SONG FORMATION AND ITS VIDEO.
WE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH HER
ANTI-POLICE MESSAGE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOLUNTARY
SHOW UP THERE AND SIGN UP TO
WORK FOR A WOMAN, A WOMAN THAT
HAS PORTRAYED A MESSAGE THAT IS
ANTI-POLICE.
Reporter: SERGEANT ORTIZ
WOULD NOT SPEAK ON CAMERA ABOUT
THE BOYCOTT CALL BUT SAID HE
STANDS BY HIS BELIEF THAT
BEYONCE'S MESSAGE IS ANTI-
POLICE.
LAMB'S POLICE CHIEF DOES NOT
AGREE.
I DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE.
Reporter: HE SAID MORE
OFFICER SIGNED UP TO WORK AT
THE CONCERT DAN WERE NEEDED.
WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO
STAFF IT AND ENOUGH TO STAFF
THE REGULAR PATROL FUNCTION
OUTSIDE THE EVENT.
EVERYTHING WILL GO ON AS NORMAL
AND IT WILL BE A SAFE EVENT.
Reporter: DANCE I SPOKE WITH
WERE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE
MANY DID NOT BELIEVE THE SONG
WAS ANTI-POLICE MESSAGE.
AS FANS START TRICKLING IN, THE
SHOW IS SET TO KICK OFF IN AN
HOUR.
IF YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO THE
SHOW, PARKING IS A NIGHTMARE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT REPURCHASED
PARKING, YOU MAY WANT TO
CONSIDER TAKING A TAXI OR UBER.
IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND A
PLACE.
TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA,
ESPECIALLY THE DOLPHIN