Avoid at all costs.
Attended Megadeth show here Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
The show must not have been well advertised, because the stage was in the middle of the main floor and there were a lot of available seats.
With less than three songs left in the set, "security" got ahold of a fan, one guy. It must have been brutal, because of what happened next...
The band's singer, Dave Mustaine STOPPED THE SONG to tell the FOUR "security" guards to stop hitting the guy.
The scuffle (if you can call it that) moved to the aisle and from where I was, I could see two staff holding the guy up and two punching him in the face.
In what world is this ok?
Even if he was drunk, you gotta rough him up like that??
Mustaine continued on, he said the show was over unless those bully "security" were removed from the building. A few minutes (and more wasted time that could be spent playing music) later, it was reported the problematic people were gone from the building, along with Megadeth's time to perform.
They played their final number and the show ended, but the atmosphere was definitely changed.
If this is the way this place runs at a fraction of capacity, imagine how crazy it would be with MORE people in attendance?
The arena has not issued any kind of public statement to explain, justify, apologize for, etc the actions of it's staff and the incredibly unprofessional and dangerous manner in which they conduct themselves, despite repeated requests to.
Many others, as well as myself will issue our reply though, do not visit this venue. You are not safe here, you are not welcome here. Maybe it's just a heavy metal thing, maybe it's just we who aren't welcome or safe here. I'd love some clarity, but I doubt I'll ever receive any.
So whatever, I'm gonna do what's best for me, and that's never return to this dangerous, unsafe space.