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Yelp
I'd honestly give it negative stars if I could. So much better was in the past, when it was an amazing venue I always looked forward to visiting for a few shows a year. Don't worry Hayden Homes reps told us these changes were all for our safety. This isn't about safety it's about squeezing you for your $$. That's what we got here folks. Evil corporate greed in full daylight here. Let's not shade this with safety rhetoric.
No chairs... Cool. Then why have rentals available for 20 bucks? Yeah please search my chair I'd have brought in. No blankets? $20 for a rental? Again search my lawn blanket, that I know has been recently laundered. I'm used to getting searched at concerts, no biggie that's the norm. Your are allowed to bring in a towel though, probably to wipe your backside from the reaming you get in the form of drink & food prices! Whoa Nelly! You'd think it was gold in them beer cans. Yeah those are $10 a piece. Don't me started on the cocktails; you'd get better served in Vegas playing the penny slots.
Sure I get it, concert drinks aren't cheap, doesn't take a scientist to know that, but really I shouldn't have to take a personal loan out to have a good time, should I? Maybe I shouldn't have said that (Coming soon at HHA, get a credit account and enjoy a paltry payment per month). Any way.. Don't bring a purse in or a pack, if you need to carry anything in. Yeah sorry honey, kids are screwed cause, forget bringing them in anything like a set of sound dampening earphones, a sweatshirt, a toy or perhaps sunblock. Dang hope there is no need for diapers or wipes. Clearly it's all about safety... Right? Ok so I can purchase a $16+ bag that's see through. Again.. Really? Yes it has a HH logo to boot! Or you can option for a complimentary handle bag that barely holds anything (lunch sack size). Here's the real kicker... No one searched anything!! No one looked at any of the things I brought in. Honestly no pat down, no looking at what I pulled from my illegal tiny bag of kid items and stuffed into my very, very tiny free bag. Security? Safety? Yeah ok... Let's be real here. These folks don't care about that. They want your money in stupid ways. I'm not an idiot, if they were so concerned with the safety of everyone they'd actually search you. They asked... "Anything in your pockets?" Lol... Yeah nothing in here! Said the Taliban to the TSA! No weapons or mail files here, just some lip balm and diapers so my kids can be comfortable and be safe! in a SAFE manner. Thank god my kids don't have hypoglycemia or diabetes, cause I would have had to hide those supplies in my prison wallet! They might've found them when they bent me over to bone me dry. Probably not, as they don't actually look.
I spent more money on blankets/chairs than I paid for tickets for my family! The management will say it's all the same people who worked there from the previous sponsor, sure they need their jobs, and they aren't the rule makers. They made that clear. Many of those loyal workers shared quite a few horror stories! I don't blame them, I blame greed. Blatant corporate greed, it's rampant here, I can choose not to partake in overpriced food and drinks. But I wont choose to not make my family comfortable! What's so unsafe about low-back chairs and blankets I'm unaware of? This isn't about safety folks... Don't let them fool you. I never felt unsafe for a moment in the past. I'm not buying it and I'm certainly not giving any more of my business to the venue or it's sponsors. I'll continue to share this review with everyone. I'm done with any concerts in this venue for good. And these silly reviews of the people saying they enjoyed their cabana experience or catered tent time. Of course they did! They paid way too much for that.. I'm sure. Things are changing I get it, however one thing hasn't... Exploiting people is bad for business.