Came here for the every five year Chopin piano competition. The winner is guaranteed to go to Warsaw to compete in October. - we couldn't get tickets in Warsaw, so Miami is the next best thing.
The hall is decent but parking is problematic. There are at least three signs about parking.
The organizer sent us an email, directing us to park at a garage but the attendant, an elderly gentleman looking puzzled, then said, "we're across the lake from the Hall." Then gives us the direction to the purple parking lot near the Gusman Concert Hall.
As soon as I get off, I see a valet parking sign and a few men huddling around a sign, with their phones in hand. Inside, there is another sign, asking the patrons "Did you remember to pay for parking?"
I think that's it for me. Hopefully the next one, in five years, will be hosted elsewhere or they clean...
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