The Chelsea was a terrible comedy venue!
by Swoo on 5/7/24The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - Las VegasI traveled from another state to see Matt Rife in Vegas and was really looking forward to the show. I've seen his Netflix Special and his Instagram so I knew I'd like his sense of humor and was excited to see him live. Needless to say he is popular so tickets were really expensive. It was kid of a let down form the begging as we entered The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan Hotel. The space looked like a high school gymnasium with chairs set up on the basketball court and not a space you'd expect in a high end luxury Las Vegas Hotel. Basically it was folding chairs crammed together. There were several announcements to the crowd not to yell out or disrupt in any way or you'd be immediately ejected. I don't enjoy seeing any artist "heckled"but Matt Rife's comedy style is to feed off and roast people in the crowd. Although the show was funny and I did enjoy it, Matt seemed a bit off and his timing was awkward. He even mentioned it was hard to fine the tone of the crowd. I actually think it was the venue and not him. Matt is super funny and I'd see him again but I was disappointed in how the show went given the outrageous amount of money the tickets were.