totally off-topic poll
So I'm taking my daughter to see Green Day in a couple of weeks at the Coliseum. It's a general admission show, and our tickets are in the 'bowl' area (we're both far too frail to brave the floor). We're going early to hang out in line all day and make the mad dash once the doors open, but we're trying to figure out which area of seating is the best. I've never seen a concert at the Coliseum before, so I was hoping that some of y'all might have experience with the venue and know which seats are the best. If you go for maximum visibility, do you sacrifice sound? If you go for maximum sound, do you sacrifice visibility? Does sound even matter when it's Green Day? What do you guys think?
Here's the seating chart
Here's the seating chart
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A lot depends on how they have the speakers set up. I saw Korn and Disturbed there about two years ago, and we had seats towards the bottom of section 51--sound and vision were fine, although I would have liked to be closer. I don't think there's any really bad seats in the Coliseum--it's just a matter of how close you need to be...
Are the sections like 16 deceptive in that they seem like they'd be good seats but you're just getting some weird, crappy side view?
Like I said, it depends on how they have the stage set up. Seems like 16 would be awesome. But don't take my word for it. I've only seen one show there.
16 X 9, 16:9 either way anything looks cool in that ratio.......
It won't look weird switching between the two....
See I meant to do that, it wasn't a screw up, yeah thats the ticket, I MEANT TO DO THAT,,,,,,,
Having grown up in Portland I saw a ton of shows there - from the somewhat respectable (Scorpions/The Cars/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) to the embarrassing (Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Lionel Richie). I was also a huge hockey fan in the early 80's. I literally used to know every entrance letter there..for example to get to sections 26 and 1 you need to go in entries aa and/or tt...(aa and tt being the entry door once you are inside the building. aa and tt entrances take you to the 26 and 1 sections....)
After saying all that to build up my credibility ;) I would stay away from sections 16 and/or 25, as far as sightlines go. My faves always were 26 and/or 15. One and 14 are fine too. Sound is good in those sections as well. I would say you will have a better chance of finding good seats in section 15. 26 is located in the area right when you go in the main entry. For section 15 you have to walk all the way around to the opposite side of the arena, where there is no entrance (except from the basement, where they wouldn't let the public in anyway). That is like entry door mm or ll. A lot of ppl won't walk over that way right away.
It is pretty sad that I know any arena that well, but really sad that it's a pathetic little one like the Coliseum...
--janice
That is excellent, thank you Janice, that's totally the kind of advice I was looking for!! My biggest fear is wasting precious minutes wandering around, not knowing where to go, and losing any chance for a decent seat.
Nerds.
C'mon sigfried, I thought we had agreed to tell her that the ratio was screwed up before she saw it, that way it wouldn't be a surprise. See Joni, two cameras were in 4x3, one was in 16:9 and mine was in some bastardised stretch mode that causes a huge lack of vertical resolution. Then in addition to that I had turned on the veritical banding transmodulator on DJ's camera causing the visual mibander to fluctuate on the z-axis. Jeffs camera was having trouble with the Flind-Overture device phasing in and out of alignment due to the kino above his camera. These were all things that I knew "could" happen but the odds that all of them would happen were very rare. I think that Sigfried can make it presentable (lets all cross our fingers eh).
And Sigfried, you are correct. I guess that my comment was only in relation to the 4X3 stuff that was being shot prior. As far as I care, it should all be scope. Unfortunately we live a world where people still believe that there is something under those black bars on the top and bottom of the screen.
The sad truth is, that could all be true and I wouldn't know the goddamn difference. But, as someone pointed out to me at the shoot this past Sunday, if I knew everything there was to know about everything, I'd be 100 times the control freak I am now. So consider yourself lucky, I guess. ;-)
ONE HUNDRED TIMES!!!!!!!!!! Good Lord I don't think we could handle you at twice the control freak.....
But, we all appreciate you just the same Joni............
Oh, thanks. I can feel the love from here.
Camera #2... if your last post was a goof, that was HILARIOUS! If in fact you were serious, and all that jargon is in fact legit.. omg, you are a dangerously deranged video nerd, and should seek professional help immediately.
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