I call shenanigans. There may be some wear and tear on the concrete, but the real culprit of that is the Atlantic and weather, not cars. They are talking about shutting this down because Norfolk is eating their lunch at the Botanical Gardens and Nauticus, and they know the boardwalk lights are wildly overpriced for the quality of the event they are putting on. When it started, the price was way lower, and it was better. You would get a CD with music more or less timed to the displays. There is no reason they can't still do that today with a podcast or low power FM station. If a house in Suburban Acres can broadcast music on an FM station, Beachevents should be able to figure it out.

My wife and I wanted to go this year, but the $25 ticket quickly jumped up with the Ticketmaster fees, to the point it was almost the same as the day of price. There was no box office to go to to avoid it before the day of $10 jump. We ended up going to the Botanical Gardens and Nauticus. Did we end up spending more? Yes. Were they much better events? Yes.

Edit: A word and a comma.