text: I have been coming to this venue since it became the Marquee in the midlate s It used to be the Red Rive Opry I have seen a shit load of shows here over the years This place was pretty good but parking was always a pain even before they made Tempe Town Lake They did not charge you thoughnn Any way I went to see Les Claypool last night Instead of charging you to park in the free Tempe public parking they now want you to pay go park in the parking structure across the street Fuck that park at Tempe Town lake for free no matter what the parking Nazis tell you Yeh they charge you a fee to purchase you ticket at the window which is bullshit But the Dodge Theater charges wtfnn Sometime about years ago some security asshole decided it was a good idea to strip search you before you go in No not really they just make you take your shoes off and remove all the items from your pockets and pat you down This is not the fucking airport This is the only music venue around that I know that does this So for a large crowd expect some delays and what a joy if you are wearing bootsnn The mix drinks are generally decent As far as drink prices go they are on par with other venues They are way cheaper than the Dodge Theater This are not the Sail Inn There is a bar in the lobby area and another small one to the left of the stage For some larger shows they usually add another bar or two Be sure to drink before you go innn The stage stage area reminds me of an older movie theater with the seats ripped out The acoustics are not good basically concrete wall The sound varies from ok to adequate depending where you are in the room and who is playing By the sound board is usually oknn Security here is over way over zealous and they are usually assholes who make a mountain out a mole hill I really hate this place because of this I personally only had a few run ins them over the years again because they over react For example Last night security was disrupting the show so much to stop people from taking pictures and videos on their cell phones that Les Claypool told security fuck off he did not care if they took his picturenn This venue used to be pretty cool but the past few years I hate to go to shows here I avoid this place unless they have someone I really want to see Such shame because I live right down the street