Sleep Train Pavilion At Concord

Journey Concert / bad venue

by RockFanSF

September 26, 2008

I recently attended the Journey,Heart & Cheap Trick concert Sept 24th at this venue. I had been there in the past and this time the entire experience was horrible.

After going through the main gate to get the ticket scanned (staff THERE were very nice people) we walked up to the food court / concert Tee both etc. Prices were off the hook!!! on EVERYTHING. 13.00 for a watered down Margarita that looked like some 7-11 slurpee. nasty frozen microwaved type burgers. all way over priced.

After the concert started, there was some white trash hick and his "woman" who decided to stand up to dance (if thats what you wanna call it) and block the view of everyone behind them. After numerous attempts of polite requests to get them to sit down. we were all ignored .

One at a time, everyone was approaching "security" and "ushers" who basically stood there watching the whole scene and said "THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO"

BS!!

Finally people started throwing Ice at them. then "he" was ready to fight and show off how macho he was to his date.

Great Concert Experience here!!!!!! 1 RUDE IDIOT gets by with ruining the whole show for several others.

So basically you pay 85.00 for a show that you cant enjoy because of some drugged up moron who is as low class as you can get. Why the Hell does this place even have security? are they patiently standing there waiting for a violent fight to break out??? ...because it almost happened.

If people wanna stand up and shake their asses, buy a damn lawn ticket and show some respect.

also...

The sound level was so high that the music quality was about as bad as it could be. Total distortion.we ended up leaving half way through Journey's set because all agreed we were going to have permanent ear damage.

My friends and I talked after leaving and decided none of us will ever return to this venue again.

• Pros: none
• Cons: all listed in my review

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First Impression Not a Good One

by bayareastank

July 09, 2008

This is the first time i've gone to the Pavilion and I wasn't impressed. It's easy to get to and we went to GateA for parking general parking. There's 3 lanes and no signs so we get up to the guy and he's like you're in the wrong lane, you need to go out and come back around and get in back of the line, this lane is for employees only. So we drove ahead some and when we got to the start of the line i guess the head guy was there adn he just told us to sit tight, the gates were about to open anyway so that was cool but how about some signs if you're going to have reserved lanes ?! Concord is one of the hottest places in the bay area. 104 was the temp when we went there. There were lots of vendors around for food, drink and other cool treats and even some picnic areas, and being 'upstaris' in the concession/vendor area is the coolest place you'll find. Once you go down into 'the pit' where the seats are, it's way way hotter. There's a sun shield shading a good portion of the seating but when that places is full i think it just traps the overheated body -heat. It's dug down into the ground/hill so there is no breeze through there at all unlike the breeze you get up in the lawn seats. So sitting there was extremly uncomfortable due to the way the theater is designed to trap and hold heat. So i doubt we'll return the the Sleep Train Pavilion in the summer months again. Then after the show it took 90 minutes to get out of the parking lot ! Traffic direction was an epic failure. Cars were going every which direction but no one was getting out to the exit roads, it was just twisting disorganized lines everywhere. A total and complete traffic management failur. To avoid the wait don't do the VIP parking and don't get there early, you want to be among the last to park for a rear parking space. So overall i was happy with the show which has little to do with the venue and was also happy with the vendors but everything else was an epic failure.

• Pros: Great show and good concessions
• Cons: Bad theater design traps heat and 90 minute exit due to traffic mismanagement

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Good Acoustics by Jenni E. at InsiderPages

Contributor

July 26, 2006

This is a nice concert venue. Very clean and all seats have a good view of the stage. We had upper level (200 numbered) seats and it was a good place to be. I would go to another concert there, but if the concert were also going to take place at a venue closer to home I might not make the drive.

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Nestled in the golden hills below Mount Diablo in the East Bay, the Concord Pavilion is known primarily for music concerts.

by Contributor

August 14, 2003

In Brief
The Pavilion is a smaller, more intimate version of the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, with theater-style seats surrounded by an incline of grass. The stage was pushed back, however, to make way for 4,000 more seats, for a grand total of 12,500. It's questionable whether you can still see the rock stars sweat while sitting on the lawn, but if you have a secret passion for that sort of entertainment, don't worry.

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