Pasadena Civic Auditorium — Local services in Pasadena

I was able to attend a live taping of America’s Got Talent at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. It was super fun to be in such a beautiful auditorium surrounded by other America’s Got Talent fans. It was spacious enough to hold over 2,000 people. I sat in the bottom level of the auditorium and got great seats. I was able to see the judges clearly and the sound was just reverberating off the walls. Beware that the nearest parking center is on the first level so you have to go through a building and take an elevator up to get to the auditorium. The parking only cost $15 on an event day and there was plenty of parking available in the morning. Make sure to get there early to line up to get your physical tickets to make sure you get a spot near the judges. It’s really packed outside the auditorium when they make you wait to get inside the auditorium. You have to pass through the metal detectors, but there are tons of places to take pictures outside the auditorium. Once you get inside you have to wait in the packed auditorium outside the doors to get your seat. There were judges chairs and an AGT backdrops to take picture with your group. Make sure to get tickets for this amazing show as it is super fun and well worth your...

Went here for a concert on Jan. 23, which was really great. The venue is quite intimate and you can see the stage fine from the upper levels. I don't think there's a bad seat at all, because you can see the stage pretty clearly even if you were on the orchestra floor.

MAJOR complaint: they did not do bag checks or have any security detectors (that I saw). I arrived ~30 min before the concert started, and I went through one of their big entrances, which they did not scan/check my bag; only checked my ticket. Supposedly they were doing other bag checks, but not where I had gone through. This normally wouldn't be such a big issue but there was a massacre in Monterey Park literally the night before during Lunar New Year. With the increasing crime and gun violence, they could at least ensure proper security. I've been to numerous concerts and venues across several states, and they ALWAYS did a bag screening each time.

As an Asian-American (who was also attending an Asian concert), it was very discouraging to see this happen and caused a lot of anxiety. I hope they manage to implement better security measures in the future. My heart goes out to all the victims and family members that were affected by...

Enjoyed Bernadette Peter's concert but was very disappointed with the parking and lack of traffic control. Other than the parking attendant at the parking booth, there were no attendants directing parking. The line to enter was long, and entering the parking structure was very slow. Cars were meandering the parking structure, trying to find parking and blocking traffic lanes. We were able to find parking and took the elevator. Once again, there were no attendants directing folks to the entrance of the theater folks, were confused about what line they shoud stand in to enter, there were several bottles-necks that were difficult to manuver on our way to the entrance. Once the concert was over, entrances to the elevators were "locked." There was no signage or attendants directing folks how to enter the parking structure. You either had to walk around to the parking structure, which was quite a distance, or you had to take the stairs down several levels to your car. I was with a disabled person who found it very difficult going downstairs to the 4th level. Needless to say, getting out of the parking structure...