In-N-Out customers could face 2-hour wait at new Keizer location; traffic plans approved

Published 8:30 am Tuesday, December 3, 2019

In-N-Out Burger opened its first location within a short drive of Portland in December 2019.

The Keizer City Council has approved plans to control the massive crowds that are expected to flock to the new In-N-Out Burger restaurant when it opens this month.

Drivers will be directed to Volcanoes Stadium, home of the area minor-league baseball team, according to media reports. They’ll then be ushered to the restaurant’s drive-thru.

City Manager Chris Eppley told KPTV that officials are planning for a consistent lineup of 160 to 180 cars during the restaurant’s first few weeks in business.

That’s about a two-hour wait.

In-N-Out staff have said they’ll have a “small army” of workers directing traffic, KATU reports. In-N-Out will also hire a pair of Keizer police officers to be on site, according to the news station.

The Keizer City Council on Monday approved temporary traffic control signs, KGW reports.

The new In-N-Out restaurant, will be the chain’s third in the state and its first outside Southern Oregon. A Medford restaurant opened its doors in 2015, and a Grants Pass business opened two years later.

An In-N-Out representative previously said that the chain was targeting “mid-December” for its Keizer opening.

Eppley told KPTV that In-N-Out will likely announce the opening only two days ahead of time.

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