Hmmm, good ole Scottsdale! It unfortunately didn't take long to see this particular area as a place pretending to be more than what it is. I don't know what's with this part of the greater Phoenix area but you'd swear they thought they were running at the same level as Vegas BUT without having what Vegas has!!!!
Smashboxx is literally what the title implies....A BOX; I've been in studio apartments that almost match the size of this place so I don't know how it draws a crowd. On the west wall there's the ONE bar that lines the entire wall, it's dark, messy, it's horrible once the bar gets crowded. The only way to the dance floor was ONE small set of steps from the bar (maybe there's another set on the other end?).
The only way I saw getting to the restroom was to go onto the dance floor and through it which I've never saw before in a club (usually you have to get off the floor to even head in the direction of the bathrooms not be forced to walk through it. Don't know what gets this place so much hype OTHER THAN its location in Scottsdale. If it were anywhere else I'd truly wonder if it would be anything talked about.
PROS:
Big Crowd
DJ Was Good
Still Has Life To Draw In The Typical Club Age Crowd (21-27)!
CONS:
Poor Layout
Too Freaking Small
Pretentious Crowd Mostly
(Trying Too Hard To Be Celebs Walking Into A $100 Club When They're Not)