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I would suggest buying tickets at the box office a few weeks beforehand to bypass the Ticketmaster charges. They have fees for shipping or printing your tickets at home, on top of processing charges. Ridiculous! Box office hours can be found here. The box office isn't accessible from inside the venue. It's outside just past the admittance gates.
If you drive down, parking in the various lots around the venue will set you back about $10. Bring cash!
There'll be a long line when doors open at 6:30. If you're dying to get right in front of the stage, get there early! Don't bother with the line if you plan to lawn it (more room for dancing!). You can show up at 7:30-8 instead, if you're cool with missing the opening act.
Don't bring a blanket. They will not let you take it in. Or an umbrella. Or any of these other things: "food, drink, bottles or cans, coolers, lawn chairs, recording devices, fireworks, candles, laser pointers, incendiary devices, inline skates, skateboards, bicycles, pets, and any form of weapon, including knives, mace and / or pepper spray." Perhaps consider bringing a Dasani water bottle cap though, since they will not give you the cap if you buy a bottle of water for $3. (Even if you flirtily ask the man selling the bottles why *bats eyelashes* you can't just have your bottle cap, please? He told me that people were throwing full bottles of water into the crowd. Ouch.) Anyway, a cap-less water bottle is very likely to spill, and at $3 a pop you don't want to waste a drop.
To save some money, eat dinner before you go, and bring in some wrappered snacks if you don't want to splurge on food in there. We brought in snacks both times without having them confiscated. Best to put them in a pocket in your purse if you're a lady, though. If you're a dude, I'm not really sure what to tell you, other than to get creative... Or, bring a woman with a purse. If you're looking to dine out before the show, there are numerous restaurants around the venue. Check 'em out! Don't quote me on this, but beer goes for around $6-$8 for a 24 oz. bottle. They also have nachos, hotdogs and some kind of delicious looking (what appear to be) adult slushie drinks.
There are plenty of restrooms all over the place, so don't worry about standing in a huge line waiting to pee. The restrooms happen to look like trailers (which I think they are) but are labeled 'men' and 'women'.
There's a PNC ATM just inside the main building, through the brick and mortar restrooms. They take cards here, too.
Smoking is allowed, so smokers rejoice. Lighters seem to be okay too, although they are sort of on the 'no-no' list. We got one in though, again, in the pocket in my purse. I will say that if you aren't a smoker, like me, you run the risk of getting absolutely chain smoked the entire night, so brace yourself. At MM, we were absolutely smoke drenched after the show, as everyone around us was chain smoking the entire time, but at DCFC there were almost no smokers. Definitely depends on the crowd. If you're hard-core, you can stand in the crowd directly in front of the stage. At the ripe old age of 22, my must-be-at-the-stage-so-I-can-touch-the-band-if-they-get-close-enough days are over, so the lawn was ideal. There was plenty of space on the lawn and we didn't get bumped into or anything claustrophobic like that. You can also sit down if your legs are getting tired from the standing. Not true right at the stage, unless you're looking to get stepped on.
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