I was nervous about coming here during the summer but it turned out to be really lovely. We arrived around 8:30 for a Mumford and Sons show, by the time we parked, bought a t-shirt, grabbed some craft beers and sat down, it was 9:00 - not bad. We sat chatting for a bit and I realized that the weather was quite beautiful and I looked up and saw a few stars and thought it was pretty cool to be catching one of my favorite bands outside on such a great night, I felt positively blissful.
For an outside venue it was pretty nice. I was excited that when I walked in I saw a huge sign for craft beer. It was a $1 less than the jumbo beers in a can that everyone was walking around with. The seats weren't as uncomfortable as the stadium seating at the D-Backs game. Although I was sitting next to an obese man who's thighs took up a quarter of my chair... I felt he owed me a beer at the very least.
One thing though: I notice this place is now called Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion. That's some bullshit. Can we all agree that whatever owners change hands of our stadiums/pavilions, we'll still call it by ONE name.