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Davy28 · Post by **Davy28** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:26 pm

Is this venue any good?

Here's my little predicament. My Navy ROTC summer cruise will cause me to miss all three gorge shows (FUCK!!!) and probably the chula vista (coors ampitheater) show as well, but since I will return from the cruise and be in San Diego near the end of August I might be able to catch a bus and make one of the two LA shows at the Home Depot Center before I fly home to Seattle. I'm just curious since they might be my only chance to catch a Dave show this summer.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:58 pm

Davy28 wrote:Is this venue any good?

Here's my little predicament. My Navy ROTC summer cruise will cause me to miss all three gorge shows (FUCK!!!) and probably the chula vista (coors ampitheater) show as well, but since I will return from the cruise and be in San Diego near the end of August I might be able to catch a bus and make one of the two LA shows at the Home Depot Center before I fly home to Seattle. I'm just curious since they might be my only chance to catch a Dave show this summer.

I was at both shows last year, and it's actually a great venue. The acoustics are pretty damn good. It's a soccer stadium, and you know how popular soccer is in the US. So it's really small. The floor is huge, and anything in the first section or two are great seats (I was able to get 6th row for the sunday show last year and I signed on to TM 5 minutes late.) The saturday show I bought tix the day of the show and got the second side section, and the show was good from there. Good vibe, very clean venue. Beer is expensive, but what else is new?

Davy28 · Post by **Davy28** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 7:36 pm

How about traffic getting to and from? If I decide to go through with it I will probably end up staying at the youth hostel in San Pedro near the beach, about 11 miles away.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:28 pm

Davy28 wrote:How about traffic getting to and from? If I decide to go through with it I will probably end up staying at the youth hostel in San Pedro near the beach, about 11 miles away.

There's almost no traffic at all. Then again, I parked on sidestreets (tricky because it's residential and you need a permit, but if you're willing to walk 10 minutes or so you'll find some free parking with no permit necessary.) Otherwise, the ONLY parking is in the venue lot, and they wanted like $15 last year.

It was easy to sneak in mini bottles of booze too, if you're into that. If I'm in town (I'm not sure if I will be yet) I could hook you up with a ride for sure.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:53 pm

i love it. great feel, great atmosphere.

traffic isn't too bad if you know what you 're doing. just watch out, we got lost in compton on the way back...and so did our friends.

czech · Post by **czech** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:59 pm

I cant beleive they are having shows at SBC park in SF!!!!!!

finally, back in SF (excluding the GGP show).

i'm gonna try and do the gorge and both SF shows.

Lord Of The Flies · Post by **Lord Of The Flies** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:45 pm

i-am-me wrote:i love it. great feel, great atmosphere.

traffic isn't too bad if you know what you 're doing. just watch out, we got lost in compton on the way back...and so did our friends.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:23 pm

checkii wrote:I cant beleive they are having shows at SBC park in SF!!!!!!

finally, back in SF (excluding the GGP show).

i'm gonna try and do the gorge and both SF shows.

Have you been to a show at SBC? It fucking blows. Unless you get first section of the floor, I don't know if I'd even go. I don't know why they didn't go shoreline.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:31 pm

come to home depot check.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:49 pm

i-am-me wrote:come to home depot check.

Seriously. I'm not 100% that I can make it yet, but you should come. We can get faced in compton (where the venue is conveniently located) before we get in. Las year I had to fight off homless black guys wanting a pull from my liquor.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:51 pm

mbgreen wrote:
i-am-me wrote:come to home depot check.
Seriously. I'm not 100% that I can make it yet, but you should come. We can get faced in compton (where the venue is conveniently located) before we get in. Las year I had to fight off homless black guys wanting a pull from my liquor.

did you go to compton too? we stopped at taco bell. it ruled.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:52 pm

i-am-me wrote:
mbgreen wrote:
i-am-me wrote:come to home depot check.
Seriously. I'm not 100% that I can make it yet, but you should come. We can get faced in compton (where the venue is conveniently located) before we get in. Las year I had to fight off homless black guys wanting a pull from my liquor.
did you go to compton too? we stopped at taco bell. it ruled.

Well, the venue is technically in dominguez hills, but it's literally two blocks from compton city limits.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:57 pm

yeah...but living in a city where all the wanna be blacks say "i live in compton, bitch." or "i was in compton last night fucker! what now?!" makes it really funny taht i was actually there.

Davy28 · Post by **Davy28** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:43 am

The reason I am asking is because I have never REALLY been in LA (excluding Disneyland, which isn't really LA). The city has always seemed so daunting.

What about the taxi guys? Do they have their shit together? They certainly do in San Diego, but what about LA?

czech · Post by **czech** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:54 am

mbgreen wrote:
i-am-me wrote:come to home depot check.
Seriously. I'm not 100% that I can make it yet, but you should come. We can get faced in compton (where the venue is conveniently located) before we get in. Las year I had to fight off homless black guys wanting a pull from my liquor.

depends all on if i get this job in washington or not.
I wouldnt mind going if i am still in socal.

And that sucks that SBC sucks, I want to get the best tix i can, but i hated driving to shoreline, no personality.

either way i should be at the gorge.

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