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Massive crowds of tourists could be seen along The Embarcadero Tuesday afternoon, just back from an afternoon trip to San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island.
Crowds that we may or may not see in the days ahead with the government shutdown, because Alcatraz is run by the U.S. National Park Service.
« Sometimes travel is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing and people are going to come to San Francisco for maybe the only time in their life, and they’re going to miss a great sight, and that’s too bad », said Saul Caplan visiting from Ohio.
It’s unclear at this point what the plan for Alcatraz is. When there was a government shutdown in 2013 the historic penitentiary closed. During another shutdown in 2018 and 2019, Alcatraz stayed open during the day, but special tours and night tours were canceled.
