Paul McCartney returns to San Diego at Petco Park Saturday

SAN DIEGO — Paul McCartney returned to San Diego Saturday for his Freshen Up concert at Petco Park, where he first performed in 2014. It's his 2nd visit to San Diego since 1976!

Paul McCartney’s decades of rock experience were on full display. The sold out show started promptly at 8 p.m. The San Diego Padres, who operate Petco Park, urged concertgoers to take public transportation.

Here are a few traveling tips:

• The gates for Petco Park will open at 6 p.m. Saturday. Fans with Front Row and Hot Seat VIP package tickets will be admitted between 3:30 and 4 p.m. for the pre-concert soundcheck by McCartney and his band.
• For fans with floor-seat tickets,the quickest entry point will be through the Gaslamp Breezeway on Seventh Avenue, between L and K streets. Other entry points for ticketholders for all ballpark levels include: The Home Plate Gate at Park Boulevard; the Gaslamp Gate at Seventh Avenue and K Street; the East Village Gate at 10th Avenue and K Street; and the Park Boulevard Gate at Park Boulevard and 10th Avenue.
• The sky-bridge between Petco Park and the Omni Hotel will not be open for the concert.
• The San Diego Trolley will run added special-event service on the day of the concert, with trolleys departing from SDCCU Stadium in Mission Valley and the Gaslamp Quarter station every 7.5 minutes beginning at 5:52 p.m. Saturday. After the concert, the final trolleys will depart toward Santee every 15 minutes until 12:21 a.m. from the Imperial Transit Center, adjacent to the ballpark, and until 12:23 a.m. from the Gaslamp Quarter station. Additional east-bound trains will depart from the Gaslamp Quarter toward SDCCU Stadium, as needed, when the concert lets out. 
• Coaster trains bound for San Diego will depart Oceanside on Saturday at 2 p.m., 3:33 p.m., 5:21 p.m. and 6:25 p.m. After the concert, northbound Coaster trains will depart from downtown San Diego’s Santa Fe Depot at 11:14 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Passengers with RegionPlus Day Fares can transfer free to the trolley.

From the News 8 archives here is a video clip of when Paul McCartney rocked Petco Park in 2014.

Here are a few more photos of the Beatles when they were in San Diego for their concert at Balboa Stadium on August 28, 1965 taken by former KFMB photojournalist Ben Cutshall.