Rock the Ruins — Attraction in Indianapolis

The park is nice, the concerts aren't handled very well. After listening to 2 hours of terrible movie soundtrack filler music, the opening band starts. We'd never heard of them before, but they were ok. 45 minutes later, they start setting up the stage for Manchester Orchestra, the actual band we paid to see. And drove 3 hours for. But then all of a sudden they make an announcement that there is lightning in the distance and everyone needs to evacuate. Evacuate to where though? We're in the middle of a huge park and most people took Uber's or a shuttle to get here. They told us to leave our chairs and the concert would resume after the lightning subsided. Rain did come through, but only lasted 15 minutes. So now we're all standing at the gate waiting to get back in. They eventually tell us the concert is cancelled, but they won't let us back in to get our chairs until the lightning is at least 8 miles away. The lightning from the storm that just passed us...that we already stood outside through. So even though the skys are now clear and the storm is past, they're still making us wait outside the fence just to get back in for our chairs. 30 minutes later they let us is. So we essentially waited for 90 minutes after a storm passed for them to say the concert is cancelled. They could have done that from the start. Or maybe just checked the radar and had the band we all came to see play first. Just not handled...

My first visit to Rock the Ruins was earlier this month and I wasn’t sure what to expect. We purchased the upgraded parking and I think that was a good choice. The entrance was congested and those working didn’t seem to know what was going on. But I parked on the grass near the entrance. Getting into the venue was smooth. I had electronic tickets on my phone that they scanned. They also searched my tiny purse and patted me down. They had a tent for checking IDs that went smoothly. We went and set up our chairs and were just looking around and taking it all in. A staff member came up to us and offered us free upgraded wristbands that got us closer seats which was super cool. We moved seats then checked out the food truck area. This process was also smooth. (I’ll do a separate review for the one we ate at.) When the concert started we were a little disappointed that the people directly in front of us stood up and stayed up even though there were tons of people behind them. There was also a lot of marijuana being smoked which made it uncomfortable for me as a non-smoker. Getting out after the concert was easy and smooth. I have tickets for another concert here in August and I’m...

Gorgeous venue but the companies running it are awful. Upcharges for everything and the “pit” was a very small blocked off area that you had to get to by manuevering around all the lawn chairs. Evacuated for weather reasons but zero communication when it was clear well before they announced it that the band wasn’t coming back on and they told everyone to leave their items so they ended up getting soaked with rain. Pay for parking (or just drive through since no one checks or scans the parking you paid for) because they have NO plan in place to shuttle you back to your car in a timely manner if there’s severe weather and you’ll be stuck standing out in the open in pouring rain...