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| - Saw Train and The Fray last night. The good:
-Parking was fairly straightforward and free. When arriving, we took Loop 101 south, then Thomas east to 83rd south. Absolutely no traffic problems at 5:30 on a weekday. Much better than trying to fight rush hour on I-10 west. Getting out of the lot took about 10 minutes as we were parked right next to the west gate.
-Sound system was perfect. We were in section 204 and everything was crystal clear. Decent view of the stage for this large of a venue. This was my first time here. I prefer venues like Marquee and Club Red which are much smaller, but for big time national acts Desert Sky does the job.
-Concession and bathroom lines were almost nonexistent. Though based on the crowd composition I'm going to take a guess and say the women's room line was much longer than the men's room ;)
The bad:
-Concession prices are out of this world. Plan on spending $11-15 PER BEER (!), $6 for a 1 liter water, and about $9-12 for an entree food item (I had a personal size pepperoni pizza which was decent, but not $9 decent). You're much better off pregaming somewhere else before coming to the show. This bullet point loses two stars alone. Vegetarian options are spartan: looked like just cheese pizza, a black bean burger, and a loaded nachos, plus a few other snack type items.
-Some of the seating sections carry 60+ seats in a row, so it takes some work if you need to get out of the section from the middle seats.
-The two outside sections and the very back of the seating areas are not under the overhang, so take this into consideration if you're coming to a daytime show.
Would I come back? Yes, if there was a band I *really* wanted to see. But I would do my eating and drinking elsewhere for one third of the price.
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