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| - This is more a review for the place as a concert venue than anything else.
I typically avoid this end of Vegas for obvious reasons - tough to get to, random degenerates on the street always asking you for money, crowded awkward streets... you get the idea. I won a "meet and greet" with Warrant and Skid Row so I thought I'd at least go and give the place a chance.
The shows were good, but the night sure as hell didn't win me over. This place has a long ways to go to be the concert venue it could be. These are my major issues:
First and foremost, they don't know shit about how to do meet and greets. They ushered us through for a quick photo and handshake with the bands and cast us aside. I wasn't even able to get my record signed - first time I can honestly say that about a MEET AND GREET. Come on, seriously? This alone is reason for me to never come back. In all fairness they gave us autographed photos, but this isn't the same as getting your vinyl signed.
Second, the overall setup of the area by the stage needs work. Basically you can't get near the stage, in the "VIP" area unless you have a badge (won from the radio, press badge, etc.) This sounds like a good idea... until you realize they have made the VIP area so big that TOO MANY PEOPLE are able to get in. If it's a little VIP area with like 30-50 people with badges, that's great, and it lets the rest of the crowd get closer. When you make this section too big and you give lanyards to like 200-300 people, something is wrong. It got so crowded because too many people had the VIP badges, that being there didn't make much of a difference.
Next, security needs to be a little more strict. I still ran into my share of degenerates, including some drunken middle-aged guys that were flashing their chests at me (I wish I could say this was a joke, I really do.) And no one seems to have bothered telling security that marijuana is illegal - I could smell patrons smoking it from the start of the show, right down to the end. If you're not going to have security enforce the laws, what is the point of having a security staff? I normally wouldn't mind the marijuana thing so much, but lots of parents had their kids down there, watching the shows, so it was totally inappropriate.
It is also worth pointing out that the prices of goods on the Fremont Street Experience is ridiculously high - it's $8 for a regular sized bottle of water! Likewise, parking is not good - there are many casino garages you can use, but these are cramped, it's still a decent trek to get to the Experience, and you have to pay for your parking if you're there for a long time (granted this isn't really the Experience's fault, and there may have been more convenient lots I didn't know about, so I can't say this is a certainty.)
Long story short, having free shows with great bands is always nice, but the Experience needs a lot of work. They need to learn how to do proper meet and greets, fix the VIP area, and start enforcing the laws properly. If anyone from Fremont is reading this, it's going to take some work to get me to come back. See to it that you don't disappoint.
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