El Gran Combo Tickets

terrible acts in between main acts too short show was delayed over an hour

" The ticket was Gran Combo & Andy Montanez , never was it mention special guest!!! The guest where a circus act.... I thought , I was at a talent show! DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!! THEN the SHOW , supposely was suppose to commence at 8 pm , and it started at 9:30....HOW COULD THE EVENT ORGANIZER MAKE PEOPLE WAIT THIS LONG!!! UNREAL.

The event started about 1hour and 15 minutes late which would have been ok if there had been something for people to do during that time; but there were no announcements until about 50 minutes into the delay. The big stars: Milly, El Gran Combo and Andy Montan~ez, had very short performances compared to the bachata group and the colombian group which seemed to me should have been all the way around given the prestige and musical career of the first three listed above. Other than that, It was great to see Andy and El Gran Combo together and listen to such salsa classics that made them famous; and to have Milly there was just icing on the cake. What a great idea to put them all together in one concert.

NOT HAPPY that the concert started an 1 1/2 hours late! There are a few more reasons for my disappointment with this concert... Valet parking was incredibly high at $40!! Now, I paid the valet parking because I wanted to make sure we were on time and then to find that the concert would start late. Ticket Master had the WRONG address listed as 403 Grand Concourse which would have caused us to be late (8pm start) if we had to search around for parking. That's why I rated a 3. I would recommend a concert with Andy Montanez or Gran Combo but would not recommend a concert held at Paradise Theatre. This is not the way to treat paying guests and not be compensated in some way for the inconvenience ie., less $$ for valet parking, or 1/ 2 price refreshments, or 2 free empanadas, or something. (The sodas were outrageous at $5 for a small cup.) Now, once the concert started it was FANTASTIC, however because it had a late start it also ended very late at 1am.

The main issue was the concert was scheduled for 8PM and did not start until after 9PM. They did not inform the crowd of the reason(s) for the delay until close to 9PM. Needless to say the crowd got restless and started booing. With the time crunch it forced the performers to go a lot quicker than they wanted to. This was especially true for El Gran Combo who did not perform until 11PM. If they sang a total of 10 songs I would be surprised. Since the tickets were close to $100 each, it was definitely not worth the price of admission. With the theater only being maybe 3/4's full, that should have sent a message to the promoters that it was overpriced, especially with the economy being what it is.

Although, the show itself was very good, it was very disorganized, whereas, if you bill a show to start @ 8 pm, why would you not start it until almost 9:30pm and not say anything to your auduience. Myself and a number of the people in the audience felt that this was very unprofessional. In the future, the audience should be kept better informed.

Although El Gran Combo played an amazing set, they only played for a little over an hour. For 40 dollars a ticket - plus the amount of time it took to get The Venue, I do not believe it was worth going to. My wife and I were very disappointed with choice of venue for this concert. The Venue itself was a nice looking location but The Horseshoe casino was dirty and had a foul smell. I would not go again and would not recommend to others.

What a fabulous show!!! It was one big walk down 'ol memory lane hearing all that old salsa!! Un exito!!!

This was an exciting event. I saw several people that I hadn't seen in years. Hopefully The Venue will continue to bring more latin artists. I like the idea that I don't have to go all the way to Chicago for a concert like this.

I really enjoyed the performance, their dances and all their songs!!!

Great event.... Sound systems was shady at best. The mics kept going in and out.

The show was great! Well organized. The sound was great! I was able to enjoy the music as well as the singers without annoyance.