I have been to LCA now multiple times for concerts, each time a disappointment. The sound is always bad compared to other venues seeing the same bands. In addition, having to find a portal, go down stairwells, go through random bars/business areas to get to your cramped tiny seats is dumb and confusing. The entire point of LCA is just to pilfer as much money out of your pocket as they can in the time you are there with zero value added... While cramming as many wallet carriers in there as possible to do the same.

Had VIP tickets for Blink-182 and not only was there no signage, map display, or anything to tell us where to go for our seats... nobody knew anything about anything with the VIP pass that we paid for. The special tour cocktail was $20 and it was given to us as literally just lemonade with a pack of pop rocks on the side. Was supposed to have alcohol in it and a syringe kicker and the pop rocks included. Overall everything is just way overpriced, and way underwhelming. There is no real training, communication, or standards in place for the staff for events. There is no care as to the user experience here. LCA does not have its own parking structure, so you have to use one of the areas parking garages which will run you another $50 or so.

For concerts I definitely recommend seeing the band elsewhere. Detroit is terrible, and coming here is always a hassle. Taxpayer dollars paid for this useless monstrosity. At least they don't just murder you and take your wallet... So 2 stars.

Probably fine for hockey/basketball games if you just wanna get ripped on cheap beer and sit in the nosebleeds where you cannot see anything. That will probably still run you a couple hundred bucks though. From my understanding though, people aren't enjoying that either.