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Old 12-16-2020, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by dleroux57 View Post
To everyone...we went to last night's performance of Hotel California and the band was great...however the set up was horrible. The Polo Field is on level ground, therefore visibility for everyone was zero. The stage was too low, the two screens beside the stage were definitely too low, should have been a couple feet higher. They should have staggered the golf carts so people could see over the cart in front of you. The carts were mostly 6 feet apart but parked one in front of the other, so you couldn't see anything and that also blocked your view of the screens as well. We paid $100 for 2 people in the green section and probably should have gone with the $60 in the back and done better. I hope Entertainment sees this or hears from others, as we heard many complaints, and can improve this for the rest of the week's performances. We bought tickets for the same section for Friday night as well, not excited about it.
I was also in the green section, about four rows back, not far from the middle. Having the golf carts there while sitting in lawn chairs was a bit like sitting in an audience while a number of very large people in front of me were standing up. The golf carts are way over our heads. However, parking people in exact spaces in open fields is tough in the daytime and even harder at night. I was amazed by all those carts filing in and parking with the aid of a few flashlights in the dark. Congratulations and well done to all the people who made that possible.

I thought the concert was great (except the encore, as I don’t like Joe Walsh). I sang along with nearly every song. The music was loud, but not too loud. It didn’t hurt my ears at all. (Except that in the encore, they cranked up the volume about ten decibels, and I could feel my hearing shutting down.) I had a good time with friends. It was nice to get out. There was a LOT more social distance than in the squares.