I've been here twice in the past few months and it's a truly awful venue. The Pretty Lights show was sold out and it took me forever to get inside. They only had a couple women searching other women and they made us take our damn shoes off. There was no line, just a huge blob of people which was making me claustrophobic. The cops outside were busting people like the Gestapo. It was seriously disturbing. Granted a lot of those people were underage, and some of them were drinking in line (stupid). But still. I used to go to shows all the time growing up in California and I NEVER saw a scene like that. Drinks are overpriced but that's to be expected. What is extremely frustrating are the bartenders! There are only a few to serve like 1500 people and they move at a glacial pace. They don't even TRY to move quickly or efficiently. Plus I got really annoyed the guy took forever, kept screwing up our order, and then carded me even though I had a wristband. The sad thing is about this place is that it really seems to be a staff/management issue. They get good bands, the sound quality was good for the acts I heard, and it's spacious. It does get extremely hot inside with all the people though, I think they should crank up the air or at least put in ceiling fans. I don't mind the lack of seating, it is a concert after all.
It sucks because it's basically take what you can get here in Arizona. I will only come here when there is a show I absolutely cannot miss. Otherwise, I'll just keep going back to LA for bands I want to see.