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| - We saw Los Lonely Boys & the unbelievable Kenny Wayne Shephard here 8/1/14.
Small intimate theatre, great place if you get to see your favorite act here.
We were in the 2nd row, the floor seating on the left.
The acoustics down here left alot to be desired. In particular, the first act (pushed up closer to the stage edge) H. Garzas guitar amps were not shielded by plexi-glas, and dominated everything - although i am a guitar player and LOVED his fantastic talent!, we couldnt hear much else. Kenny Wayne shielded his guitar amps, which were further back, with plexi and we got a more balanced sound. I think the rest of the house gets a great mix from what I read of other reviewers.
The seats, well thats my big complaint. Fold down metal chairs, granted with a decent 3 inch cushion, rigidly attached to each other WITH NO SPACING, might be comfortable for a scrawny 18YO 130lb kid; but an average adult (I'm 180lb) cannot squeeze in here without significant contact to your neighbors - i sat with my hands and knees scrunched together and left the show in a fair amount of pain. The Higher tier seats looked to have at least armrests.
The floor seats cannot see the spectacular HD video, either. Oh yeah, boo-hoo, front row crybaby :) oft times they did scamper over to the other side of the stage so it would be NICE to see the screen.
Sky high prices on drinks ($8 I think for a 16oz bottle of water!), and you cannot bring anything in with you (by comparison, MGM Garden Arena allows you to enter with your drink in hand as long as its in a plastic cup).
Although the regs say no cameras, i did have a point-shoot camera with the flash turned off, with no grief given - modern cell phones take incredible, better pics anyway and these were blazing away with no problem. However, photos with an IPAD will draw heat, so leave that at home or closed.
Staff was courteous and professional. Theatre was clean.
My experience here is probably a 3star, but it sounds like other revieweres have great experiences if you're not in a metal chair nightmare seat, so I'll go 4 here. Next time (ya i'm DEFINITELY coming back) we'll sit up higher.
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