I recently attended a concert at the Niagara Pavilion and it's safe to say that it was my first and last time ever entering into that hell on earth ever again.
My aunt described the experience as a ""hog being taken to it's slaughter."" If that doesn't say it all I don't know what does.
The evening started off fine as we meandered through the parking lot to the very last row of cars in the entire place. This can't be good I thought to myself...little did I know what the evening had in store.
We picked up our tickets at will call - just over 50 bucks a pop for a lawn seat - pretty pricey - this better be a good show I thought to myself.
Then we waited in line to get into the event - I think it was around 45 minutes in a sweaty, loud, and very drunk underage crowd. I'm 28 and I like to have a few cocktails but I think 80% of the people there were under 18 and had been doing keg stands since about noon. Then I proceeded to be frisked by some overweight, sweaty and pimply security girl. If I knew that was going to happen I sure wouldn't have brought in my damn purse.
Ok so we get into the concert - great, it's about damn time. First we hit the bathrooms since the facilities were should I say non-existent in the vast parking lot. I had to use a blanket over my body for privacy to go to the bathroom in the parking lot - GROSS. I think the bathrooms were the only thing that we didn't wait in line for at the entire event.
Then we waited in line for $11 miller light cans. WHAT??? Someone mentioned that they had decent beer for sale - I wouldn't consider a 24oz can of Miller Light for 11 bucks decent. That's embarrassing.
Then we waited in line for food (are you starting to notice a trend here?) The food was OK at best but I was starving at the time so keep that in mind.
Then we made are way over to the ""lawn"" We had brought blankets to sit on and enjoy the concert from - What a joke. The lawn was a mosh pit of sweaty drunks puffing away on cigs - I figured if I entered the lawn I may not ever come out alive again. So we perched ourselves at the corner of the lawn and settled for watching Tom Petty on a TV screen. Wait a minute, I thought the point of a concert was to see the musician? If Tom was in that crowd he would not approve.
Just when I was settling in to watch Tom and the Heartbreakers ON TV it started to pour rain. And so the night wore on, watching Tom ON TV and the cold rain. Doesn't that sound like fun?
So the show wraps up (FINALLY) and we start the walk to the car (in the last row if you remember). I made a comment at the time that we were going to sit in this parking lot for 3 hours - I thought I was exaggerating at the time. And then we proceeded to sit in the car for 2 hours straight in the exact same spot. We literally did not move an inch in 2 hours and I am not exaggerating at all.
All that being said, if you are a pig looking to go to slaughter then this is the place for you. I on the other hand won't be back.
And one more thing, I was forced to give one star in order to write this review - but my true rating is 0 stars.
Pros: n/a
Cons: worst place to see concert EVER if you like music that is
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