That will not have anything to do with crowds in the parks.. and as far as ESPN, any major sports even will draw a very large crowd to there. If you plan on heading over there, I would get there early. Last time I was there to eat was during the Kentucky Durby.... we waited over an hour to get in (got there fairly early too) and after waiting an hour to get in, our food took another 45 minutes. My husband was peeved to say the least about the food wait, it wasn't because they were super busy (since the other 1/2 of our party got their food & finished way before ours even came), but because when he went to complain to the manager on duty, the waitress brought it to us immediatly...and it was ice-cold, meaning she forgot about bringing it out to us! They gave us a "sorry" and that was it. My husband pushed his aside & walked out, me and the kids ate (after asking them to re-heat it). They took off my husbands dinner and said nothing else about our inconvience. We have eaten there many times before & nothing like that had ever happened. This was however the first time we ate there during a major sporting event...