The doorman was a complete failure. He had some issues. Our young son was having some bathroom issues and got up 3 times very quietly during the performance, not disturbing anyone to use the restroom. He had the nerve to tell our 9 year old he was not allowed back in u til he heard people clapping and didn't tell us. Then some older guy had the nerve to start bad talking our kid to the doorman, telling him he did a great job keeping our son out. The doorman fed into it and started saying stuff about it as well, so if the Papa Wolf wolf came out and defended my child.
I had NUMEROUS people telling me how inappropriate bothe the doorman and the older guy were. Before the symphony, we had quite a few people come up to us telling us how great it was that younger generations were at the symphony. We bought tickets to treat my older son, who had just turned 14, who is in love with band.
You all need to do a better job of hiring these doorman. This guy was rude and was horrible at his job. We decided to leave after the first half of the performance because he upset our kids so much. Plus my wife walked in with a $4 coffee which I get isn't allowed inside which I appreciate and is fine. She set it down to show the doorman our tickets and he said "oh you can't have this in here" and procceded to pick it up with his dirty fingers on the spot you sip it from. She had to throw it away after that. A simple "you can't have that here, please remove it would have been fine.
In my opinion, this guy working the door is incompetent and needs to be let go. At this point, we have no desire to go back and to spread the word this place is not suitable for the younger...
Read moreI love this place. We live close by and I take personal pride in having this facility near our home. The quality of sound is amazing and most concerts there have been simply spectacular. We have been to many concerts both in Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall - amazing sound quality.
Unfortunately that was not the case for Diana Ross tonight. Concert started at 7:30 and we left by 8:00. It's 8:30 now and I'm at home in my PJs writing this. The sound engineers set up the systems for a stadium while this is a fine concert hall. You could replicate the experience turning the treble and volume on your system up full and going into your bathroom to listen - everything was horribly distorted. I don't know if it was Diana Ross' entourage that insisted on this or if it was just a poor decision, but we found it an assault on our senses and best to simply leave.
I highly recommend the Green Music Center for most concerts! Everything else we have heard there ( over a dozen concerts) was between "really good" and "great"! I suspect Diana Ross still has her voice from what I heard, but it was really hard to tell with all the distortion. I hope they learn from this experience - although I was in the minority. Most people seemed to...
Read moreI was really looking forward to seeing Boz Scaggs and Robert Cray and I was very dissapointed. I am shocked that they hail this place as some great music center because the view and the sound sucked. It was my first and last event here. You might as well watch a concert on TV because that is all you are getting, and honestly my sound system at home is better than this place.
The options for food and drink were pretty good, but they do not tell you that you can bring your own picnic which tons of people did!!! Had i known they would allow rolling ice chests i would have brought one myself!!! It was like a backyard party with a bunch of strangers who kept talking throughout the performance so it made it even harder to hear the music.
I am no novice at music events and I was really hoping this place would deliver but I was sadly mistaken. I wish I had done what I usually do, get tickets for the show at a better venue...like LBC, or even in the city at one of the many great venues there where you can see the stage and hear the music!! If thelawn seats were free it would be worth it, but they are not. two thumbs down...
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