Ashi N.
Yelp
went to a bbno$ concert with an old friend a few days ago. keep in mind that this was my first ever concert. during bag checks and metal detector runs, i went through the bag check line with my friend who had my ticket just in case they were going to check them there and the bag check guy gave me a look like i was stupid, despite a group ahead of us being told to do the same thing. i'm a bigger girl so during the metal detector check, my jacket kept touching the one of the detectors since they placed them pretty narrowly even compared to thinner people, and it set the detector off. i only had my phone, a vape pen (that i didn't use inside the venue), my wallet and lip gloss. from there i had three of the security people yelling different directions at me. keep in mind please that i'm autistic, i was super confused and anxious, and couldn't get into the venue fast enough after i went through the metal detectors for a third time and was cleared.
somebody stopped me while inside the venue, another patron who agreed that the security who had all been yelling at me were super rude and she hoped i was okay. i was, but after explaining to my friend what happened, she said the metal detectors were narrow too, even for her and she's super petite.
it was my first time in the showbox ever but her second time, and her first time being over 21 to get into the 21+ section. most of the tables were taken already except in the emerald club section. we had no clue at the time that that was a reserved section so we sat there and one of the staff pretty much immediately ran up and told us. we would've moved but she was pretty pushy. $30 per seat. we paid for the seats and stayed, though neither of us liked that she'd ran off with my friend's card for upwards of fifteen minutes.
the waitress was pretty nice and made sure to check up on us the entire night. my friend and i had two drinks and a plate of fries since they were huge, but you could obviously tell that they were freezer bag fries. $50 for that plus a 20% gratuity, and a tip on top. i was uncomfortable with my card being kept by the waitress/bar staff the entire time we were there but that might be a regular thing and i'm just inexperienced with tabs and such.
the concert itself was great. everything was clean, i never saw the bathrooms have lines, my rating is just because of the security staff and the emerald club staff.