Pepsi Center

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Eric Vander

I have traveled to Denver twice in the past two years to see concerts in Denver. Just saw Rush tonight. Saw them two years ago with my 6-year old daughter. We had front-row seats on the main floor, in one of the side sections, about 15 rows back. Our seats were right next to the stairway ascending all the way up to the top of that section. We had a really nice usher stationed there. She was very sympathetic to the fact that my daughter was only 6, and that this was her first concert. Other ushers passing by, however, took every chance to bark at my daughter for anything she did that they considered to be "against the rules". It was to the point of being stupid. Even the usher stationed there freely admitted that most of the other ushers took every chance to harass people. Thanks to her, and her only, we still had a great time, in spite of the other Hitlers calling themselves ushers. Fast forward to tonight. Tonight I was - literally speaking - physically assaulted by no fewer than FOUR different ushers. I had an aisle seat about 20 rows back. I had a guy standing directly in front of me. I asked him before the show how tall he was. He was 67" As far as I could see, he was the tallest guy on the main floor out of thousands. In any case, as ALWAYS happens at EVERY concert, everyone in the aisle seats moved over into the aisle. In order to see the stage, I had no choice but to be in the aisle. To put this into perspective, when I saw Rush in Dallas in Nov. of 2012, Rush video-recorded that show. I was 4th row in front of the stage, on the aisle. You can see me in the Blu-Ray video of that concert. We had video crews up and down the aisle, and we had ushers asking us to not over-crowd the aisle. Nevertheless, if you watch that video, you will see people in the aisle! BIG F-ING DEAL! Were we blocking the aisle?? NO. OF COURSE NOT. Again, we we had camera crews up and down the aisle, and we had press photographers up and down the aisle taking photos of the band, too. No ushers were physically harassing us, and everyone had a great time. Tonight, standing in the aisle, with my leg against my chair (in other words, I wasnt blocking the aisle in any way), I had 4 different ushers who continuously walked down the aisle, coming up from behind me, shoving me or elbowing me, and then scolding me about being in the aisle. ONLY ME. I explained to those pieces of filth that I had a tree standing in front of me, and that the guy across the aisle from me was very wide and easily weighed over 400 lbs. He was also in the aisle. None of the ushers EVER shoved him, elbowed him, or scolded him. For that matter, there were people up and down that entire aisle who were in the aisle as far, or farther, than I was. No one else was being assaulted. Finally, a really nasty, ugly usher, with severe acne scars, shoved me from behind, and then began yelling at me, telling me that I had already been told to get in front of my seat and out of the aisle. At that point, I was done. I told him to go f*** himself and to get a supervisor immediately. He told me that he was going to do just that so that he could throw me out of the venue. I told him to call the police immediately, because I was pressing charges against him for assault. He got his supervisor. They both arrived, and the ugly moron began yelling to his supervisor that my "@$$" needed to be thrown out immediately. The supervisor turned to me and told me that I needed to leave, because I refused to obey orders to get out of the aisle. At that point, I read that fat-@$$ the riot act, and DEMANDED that he call the police immediately, and made explicitly clear why I was going to sue him, his employees, and his company. I had video footage of everything that was going on. He was in deep $h*t, and he knew it, so, he let me stay! Filthy scum ushers, Pepsi Center. I will NEVER go there again for ANY event. WORST VENUE IN THE U.S., and Ive been to many DOZENS. Pepsi Center is a disgrace to the truly great city of Denver.

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A Private User

Attended the April 9, 2012 Denver Nuggets vs Golden State game. The announcer and the other carnival barkers had the volume turned up way too loud when they spoke on their microphones. You had to almost shout to hold a conversation. I dont think having ringing ears after the game equates to having a good time. TURN DOWN THE MICROPHONE SHOUTING. THIS ISNT THE CIRCUS. Also, the constant beats during game play is annoying. Be nice to hear the sneakers squeak and the hearing the players talk once in a while. Again, the constant barrage of noise through the house speakers doesnt equate to "excitement" and "fun." Its a shame to see how the Nuggets game programming has evolved over the seasons (Ive been going to 10-15 games a year since 1997.) Used to have decent half time entertainment and occasional beat music to get some excitement going when needed and watching the fans trying to springboard themselves to dunk a ball during timeouts. Today, its non-stop screaming into the microphones, constant beat tracks drowning out the players game, no more half time entertainment shows (a Kroenke cost-saving move) and the ridiculous non-stop advertisement competitions (e.g. price is right, tricycle bike races) where the announcers again scream into the microphone. Lastly, I was at a Knicks game in the Garden last February and the MSG management didnt have to resort to a carnival circus-like atmosphere to create a feeling like youre having a good time. Decent basketball play outplays yelling into the microphone to bark out non-stop advertisements any day and not having to watch some stupid Xcel Energy advertisement game. Keywords: Denver Nuggets, Denver NBA team, Pepsi Center, The Can, George Karl, watching Ryan Anderson Birdman getting splinters riding the bench.

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Wayne Klein

They have the nerve to turn all but 1 restroom into womens only . That is the most sexist thing I ever heard of. So Hippocratic in management there. Do you think they shut down all the womens restroom at sporting events? No No No. They would be called out and mattered for it. Thanks for making me squirm around this dirty half closed down relic. I felt more like I was in a foreign country than a concert. Its bad enough I had to be dragged to this concert after paying several hundred dollars a piece for tickets. They also had the audacity to cancel one of the main people aka Paula Abdul and offered no form of refund partial or even a sorry. Out of the three acts that were to play the only one I as a man would have liked to see canceled. I am guessing she saw how run down dirty and half closed the place was and wanted nothing to do with it. Please tell me how they dont owe any refund to me.i think at least a third of every ticket should rightfully be returned. Seeing the condition of this stadium I would not be surprised if the money was being extorted. When tickets are that expensive and the place is in that much disarray you know something is fishy. I will not return to be ripped off with no remorse again thank you.

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