OUR DAVID BIENICK IS LIVE WITH WHY THEY’RE CHANGING THEIR TUNE. DAVID. GOOD EVENING MARIA. YES, YOU’RE RIGHT, IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE TODAY, LOCAL ORGANIZERS CALLED A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE TO ADDRESS WHAT THEY SAID WAS MISINFORMATION. THEY INSIST THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DRIVE TO THE SEVEN MATCHES HERE SHOULD FEEL FREE TO DO SO. BOSTON’S FIRST TASTE OF THE WORLD CUP, A FRIENDLY MATCH IN MARCH BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRAZIL, ENDED WITH TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK AND DRIVER FRUSTRATION. HONESTLY, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO FOR THE WORLD CUP. IT’S THE WORST EXPERIENCE I’VE EVER SEEN. SO FOR MONTHS, STATE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING SOCCER FANS TO GET TO THE STADIUM, EITHER ON THE $80 TRAIN FROM SOUTH STATION OR THE $95 BUSSES FROM LOCAL HOTELS. THE MOST FRICTIONLESS EXPERIENCE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE GETTING TO THE GAME IS TO TAKE ONE OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PARKING. BECAUSE IT’S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE HEAD OF STADIUM OPERATIONS SAYS EVEN THOUGH PARKING AT THE STADIUM HAS BEEN REDUCED BY THREE QUARTERS, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES NEARBY, INCLUDING 5000 PRIVATE SPACES. SO TO SUM IT UP, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH PARKING. WHAT’S MORE, ORGANIZERS SAY SO FAR, 70% OF TICKET SALES ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND, MANY FROM OVERSEAS. THEY SAY THOSE FANS ARE NOT LIKELY TO DRIVE TO THE MATCHES IN FOXBORO, LEAVING PLENTY OF ROOM ON ROUTE ONE FOR LOCALS. SO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON ROUTE ONE IS GOING TO BE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM A TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT, OR FROM A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOT FOOTBALL GAME. AWAY FROM THE STADIUM, ABOUT TWO DOZEN LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING WATCH PARTIES, FREE WATCH PARTIES. BUT SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES SAY THEY HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE LICENSES THEY NEED TO SHOW THE GAMES AT THOSE PARTIES. LOCAL ORGANIZERS SAID TODAY THAT THAT ISSUE SHOUL