It was my first time to go to the amphitheater and I really tried to make this a nice concert with the wife and her friend but it was doomed for failure because of the the Verizon Wirless Amphitheater traffic handling and parking. We bought three tickets in Section 305 which is the farthest section from the stage that still has sit down chairs. Total for the tickets was $350 which I thought was too expensive for Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick but I splurged for the girls. Plus I bought $20 VIP parking tickets. When we exited the freeway it was 6:40 and the concert started at 7:00. The amphitheater is only one mile from the freeway so we thought we had it made but the one mile trip into the parking lot took two hours and we missed Cheap Trick and Heart. If you can imagine, they funnel all the traffic off the interstate highway on to a one lane road into the parking area. Two hours of sitting with out any bathrooms, you are locked in and under their control. The VIP parking did not get us in any quicker; it only let us park a 100 yards closer; don't waste your money. Journey was great but not worth $370 and the beers were $10 each!!! I am telling you that you will never get me back to that place even if my life depends on it. And what I cannot understand is this place has been opened for years and they have not done any thing to fix the problem. You know they are making millions of $ off of us but they still do not do a thing to help the proble.
Pros: good bands
Cons: getting into the parking lot took two hours!!! People honking, griping, flipping the bird and angry driving!
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