Exo Tickets

The only thing that made this trip and experience good was EXO themselves. The EXO performance was FANTASTIC. The venue was poorly organized and the GA fans poor behavior kept interrupting the concert for the rest of us (e.g. ONE STEP BACK). Several avoidable situations detracted from the overall experience and event. 1) outside lines need barriers to keep people in an organized line and prevent cutting, especially at the front near the doors. 2) There were no venue employees outside so no crowd control at all (need employees outside in both GA and reserved stand lines). 3) the ability to purchase merch outside before the concert would have been a fun way to pass the time while standing outside for 3 hours; 4) There was no communication from the venue to the crowd when the concert was delayed. Signs on the doors said "Doors open 6pm" but they didn't open until 7:15pm, which was frustrating. We had no idea what was going on and people were getting impatient and we were freezing cold and had been rained on while waiting in line. Many of us were going numb and had started to shiver. All they had to do was send someone outside with a bullhorn and say "hey everyone, doors will now open at 7pm or SOMETHING." 5) there was one female that came out and yelled something (but without a bullhorn). With a noisy street with traffic and busses next to the line, no one heard what she said. And she only yelled to the people at the front of the line, something about merchandise, nothing about why the doors were not opening. 6) there were alcohol stands everywhere inside the venue, but this demonstrated a lack of understanding of the audience which was mostly teenage girls who cannot drink alcohol. Water, soda or juice stands would have been more appropriate. 7) the merchandise stands after the concert were all clustered in one place at an exit. This made it impossible to exit and also preventing us from buying merch. We would have bought stuff had we been able to see it or get near it. There should have been multiple tables with merch spread throughout the venue in order to maximize the opportunity for purchasing cool stuff. We were prepared to spend, but didn't buy anything because the crowd was ridiculous. 8) the stage should have extended out into the GA pit so that more fans could be near the band. This may have prevented some of the pushing and injuries. See LA venue for how to set it up correctly. Next time (hopefully EXO comes back), I'll fly my kids to LA rather than to Vancouver because LA seemed to know how to put on a good show.