Rating: 3 out of 5Personal Space
by Blk Regina George on 4/11/23Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts (fka Duke Energy) - RaleighThe concert and venue were great and I had a really good time until another concert goer was in my personal space. I went alone and I was in the front row. Initially there were 4 seats between me and the next person on my left. Right before the first act was on a couple comes in and now that leaves 2 seats. Raheem was on for about an hour and for some strange reason around the last 20 minutes I see a woman come up and slide in the empty seat beside me. I have a hard time believing that she paid for the seat as when I purchased my ticket, the two seats beside me were taken as well as the other side. I wouldn’t have minded so much had the lady not been in my personal space. I did pay good money to enjoy the show but I wish that maybe security could have been a little tighter so a random person couldn’t get on the front row, knowing they didn’t pay for that seat. Had the lady came in with the couple I would have overlooked it. But I knew she just slid her way there. I could be completely wrong but it seems that if someone paid money for front row, you would at least get there before the acts started.