Anybody here gone to a concert at the new Coliseum / Key Arena?

I’ve had good and bad at Key. The best, seating and cash wise, was for Springsteen. Dead center, rim of the upper level, on the rail. 4 rows of seats, directly in front of the tunnel to beer and pisser. My wife is a wizard on the Ticketmaster site…

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

I had to look it up to confirm the date, but the last time I saw live music in Key Arena was Jan 12, 1999, for the OG lineup Black Sabbath reunion tour.

Other than the Gorge, I kinda fucking hate large venues for concerts. All of my favorite live memories are from places like The Crocodile, Neumos, Tractor, etc...

I saw Oingo Boingo there in 1983 at Bumpershoot. That might be my last time there.

Don't get me wrong, I would glady have forked over my allowance money to see the Stones, Who, Zep, AC/ DC, VH, Dead, etc at the Seattle Coliseum back in 70's or early 80s. But all the artists or bands I'd pay money to see in a large venue are either dead or decades past their prime.

I looked briefly at going to see Steely Dan and Steve Winwood, (saw The Dan at the Gorge on their first tour out of hibernation, and it was spectacular) but when I saw it was at White River, no fucking way. Went to two shows there, (Buffett, and Journey/Steve Miller/Tower of Power) and will never go again...3.5 hrs to get out of there, what a joke. The wife has never been to the Gorge, but I'm too old to camp, and too poor to do it right.

I still look to small venue stuff for established favorites, (Paramount, Moore, Showbox, et.al...), but I'm done with the Big Name, Big Venue stuff as well...