text: i hate this place so so much it makes it so hard to give it the two star rating i did which i have but had to since it is a decent venue with decent sound that i have seen a few good shows at but i still hate it so so muchnnthe parking situation is what gets me the worst they take advantage of the fact that they have the only lot in the area you can park at and charge you dollars even if the concert ticket itself is only in the dollar range on a SundayThursday night nnthe ridiculous fees are the next thing that pisses me off they charge you several different fees when you buy tickets online including a facility fee why where are the facility improvements its the same hollowed out dump of a theater its always been you only charge those fees if you are actually doing something to improve the venue which they obviously do not care about nnif you want to avoid fees by buying tickets the day of or by going to the box office before hand and at a local record store they will still charge you some convenience fees what the hell is wrong with these people you cannot charge convenience fees when you go to a box office or buy from a record store you have been inconvenienced when you have to do this what a bunch of soulless moneygrabbing moronsnnthe next thing to take to task is the security do you really need to search inside my shoes and make me leave my keyring in my car for a my morning jacket concert are there brawls or shivings at the indie rock and folk rock concerts they go to you also are not allowed to reenter for any shownnthe next thing is the drink prices which are typically lousy for phoenix shows dollars for a draft beer nnthe fees the parking and the drink prices make in unafordable to go to indie rock shows in phoenix this is especially terrible since of the indie bands that come to phoenix come to this venue even when its too large for them it really hurts the indie culture compared to other cities where you can afford to go to several concerts a week there seems is a real lack of comradery consistency and fellowship in the indie crowd in phoenix because of this piece of crap venue nnit is also making it so that phoenix is a spot that indie bands are sure to skip on their tours despite being the th biggest city in the YOUS i mean interpolliars have days between their california dates and a date in mexico and they are not even bothering stopping here that really says something about how little respect bands have for the venues in phoenixnnbut i am not even done yet the venue itself is just like others have said a hollowed out theater with only a descent soundsystem for its size almost all of the shows i have seen here have been extremely pedestrian not memorable or worth the price of the admission the only exception would be the faint shows that i have seen there impossible to not have a good time at a faint show no matter how soulless the venuenntour managers for smaller indie bands please book your bands at the brickhouse or rhythm room or mesa amphitheater or anywhere that is not the marquee or clubhouse