Ron was great, the venue, not so much
by LT on 4/23/24Hard Rock Live Orlando - OrlandoI've been watching Ron White for a long time. This was my first opportunity to see him live. The show is great, if maybe a little bit rushed. Ending seemed a little abrupt but I know he was doing another show so I assume it's related to getting the venue turned over for the second show. As for the venue, first, I had no idea I was going to be seated in a portable dining chair and not a theater or auditorium seat. These chairs were poorly laid out and not properly aligned to center stage. They were facing a point on the wall 50 feet left of stage. In the view between my seat and center stage was the guy in the next row down, one seat to my right who was a linebacker sized dude. I had to spend the entire show straining to either my left or my right, depending on his movement, just to see center stage. Theater seating is supposed to be offset such that no two seats in adjacent rows are both in line with center stage, so all seats are looking in between two seats in front of them. This is a pretty embarrassing oversight by the theater. It's Hard Rock live. They should know better. Someone should care about this. It made for an easily avoidable significant discomfort throughout the entire show. It was not due to the size of the guy. It was due to the apparent carelessness of whomever is responsible for the layout of the dining chairs. Very bad look for Hard Rock and considering the money paid. Do better Hard Rock. Patrons expect a little more care put into seating position. Also, the audio was not mixed to these side seats either. At several points during the show I simply could not clearly hear what Ron was saying. At least tell people when they are going to be seated in temporary dining seats with bad sight lines and iffy audio. Then at least an informed decision can be made by the patron.