Holy stairs! The Time Warner Arena is a nice venue in a great location (oh, how I love Charlotte!) but is it the best place to see a concert? Eh. Visited last Wednesday for a Pearl Jam show and though it was easy enough to get in, the lines for concessions were slow, slow, slow. This was partly because no one seemed to be in much of a rush and partly because they were running out of beer and having trouble with the pours. At one point, the crowd split into two lines for one register (because it looked like there were two registers being served) so that took twice as long, as they were alternating orders between both lines. How did that happen and couldn't someone have redirected traffic and cleared up the confusion? Our seats weren't great and our view was a little obstructed, but whatever. The show started an hour late and therefore the Arena had their house lights on for the last hour of the show. Surprising, my ears weren't ringing when we left...the volume could've been louder.