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| - Second time I've ventured up to a show at this place was for the Pixies. There's definitely 4-star potential.
But alas, there's some significant problems as well. Interestingly, I didn't think parking was so bad. We basically followed the line of cars in a little late and parked in a lot, FOR FREE, which was roughly 5 or 6 minutes walking away from the entrance. Then began the problems. The entry line was disorganized at best. There were two lines, one for men, and one for women, so they could be patted down (security states are always fun). OK, fine... but the men had more checkers than the women. So immediately, the wife and I are separated from each other. And by separated, I mean that I got in in a reasonable manner, then had to wait near the entrance for over 35 minutes for my wife to "clear security". Many, many other people were clearly in the same scenario as I waited there. Well, certainly a beer would wash away that frustration. OK, they want you to get a bracelet first? Fine, seen this before. But where is the guy with the bracelets? Ahh... there's a crowd of people surrounding a guy in an official-looking red shirt. No line, just join the nebulous blob of people. Get close enough to get a bracelet, and we find out that we need to show our ID to the guy next to him so he can scan them (again with the security state?) and ensure we aren't being shady about our age. Then THAT guy will tell the first guy whether or not we are cleared to move on to the next line--beer. Fortunately, from there on, it was smooth sailing to our $7.50 "premium" Michelob Amber Bock. Yep, that's as good as it gets here. Whatever... I wouldn't have been able to afford anything better likely anyways!
As for the venue itself, like I said, there is certainly 4-star potential. General admission, turfed open areas with terraced layers rising up as you move progressively away from the stage. I live for shows at venues with setups like this. As stated by some others, the air quality did seem a little off, but I wasn't sure if that was due to the smoke machines of the bands, or the smoke machines that are many of those in the crowds. But hey, I don't really blame them. Outdoor venues like this are really the last place you can light up while watching the band play to you.
Get the entry and service issues taken care of and this place will get another star. I'm sure some day, when there's another of those "epic" shows coming here, I'll be back to test the place out again.
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