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| - Short version: Long wait time no matter how early you get here, and the bouncers and line/crowd control staff are rude and obnoxious. Cover and concert tickets at the door border on ridiculous, so always buy in advance. Getting in is a pain but once you do, its hugeee and always fun. Great EDM/House venue.
Long version: The basic summary of every experience at the Guv - it's an absolute blast, IF you overlook the ridiculous wait time to get in and the ridiculous cover. Seen Steve Aoki, Deadmau5, Dada Life, and Benny Benassi - they have a lot of great EDM concerts.
I've been to at least four concerts in the past two months, and I can tell you every time has been about the same. First off, getting here is a bit of a pain. I've never tried to drive, but public transit is very annoying. Supposedly, there's at least two bus lines that drop you off right at the door, but they come like once every 30 minutes and I've only managed to catch it once. In the end, we always just get fed up of waiting and walk; the Guv is located in the middle of nowhere, so it's a realllllly sketchy walk past 15 minutes of abandoned warehouses, wolf-whistling hobos and parking lots, especially at night in heels.
The line to get in is such a perfect experiment in price elasticity it should be in an economics textbook. The regular line to get in moves at a glacial pace - there have been times when I've arrived at 11pm and waited two hours to get in. You wonder why the line is moving so slowly, then you realize that people can pay the bouncers $20-30 a person to cut the line (this is just for the line, so in addition to cover or a concert ticket!!).
This would be fine BUT the bouncers give the line cutters preference, so if it's a big enough event they end up totally ignoring the main line because they're too busy checking the shorter, second line of payers that has formed. The longer the wait in the regular line, the more people get fed up and just opt to pay instead, and the even slower the regular line moves. It's such a weird system but it literally has happened every single time I've been here.
ALLLWAYYYS, I repeat always buy your tickets in advance, either online or via a promoter. Prices at the door are obscenely inflated - at the Benny Benassi concert, tickets were $30 online (plus a $4 service fee) the evening of. At the door, they were $60 - that's a 100% markup (!!!!!!!). They also don't really honor guest list, or those "free if you're wearing neon/swimwear/white" advertisements. They search at the door very thoroughly - we're talking pockets, wallets, everything.
Once you get inside, it's hugeeee. I always have an awesome time once I get in - the woe and boredom of waiting in line is quickly forgotten. Fantastic lights, great sound system, energetic crowds.
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