The Met (old Opera House) in Philadelphia - Pros and Cons

[FKD19124]

Sports venues have same type of security

Originally Posted by The_Resourcer

Pros:

• The restoration of the Met is beautiful (though it was my first time inside the venue).
  
• The recent Gary Clark, Jr. concert was PHENOMENAL. The fantastic Peterson Brothers opened the show at 8:30pm. Gary took the stage around 9:30pm and played until 11:45pm!
  
• My seat

in LOGE 3, ROW D, seat 11 had an excellent, central view of the stage. (Thanks, https://www.aviewfrommyseat.com)


Cons:

• Upon entrance, one must empty one's bag/purse/knapsack, etc. of metal contents and allow the attendant to search the emptied bag/purse/knapsack, etc for weapons. You then have to walk through a metal detector, and get "wanded" if you set off the alarm. What, is this Philly Int'l???
  
• You have to walk up three sets of stairs to the LOGE sections (if there were elevators, I didn't see them). Phooey on you if you are wheel-chair bound or on crutches!
  
• The seats (built for skinny opera patrons back in the Proterozoic age) are very tight and don't allow for proper leg extension. Boney yogis in Lotus position would be fine in these seats.
  
• There was a discernible waft of weed permeating the venue during the Gary Clark, Jr. show.
  
• So, you can bring your weed, just no guns or machetes, to the Met!

I never experienced such security measures at the Annenberg, Kimmel Center, Wilma Theater, Academy of Music, Keswick, Merriam Theater, et al. Just the Met.

Is it the Broad and Poplar area which warrants such security? With the ticket prices being "celestial," I doubt miscreants would ever venture inside this venue! They'd be OUTSIDE waiting for victims!

[smcquil339]

Bought two high priced tickets to see a show at The Met. Drove an hour and 15 minutes to get there. Paid $50 to park walking distance to the venue. Sat through continual illegal weed smoking all around us. Asked the staff to do something and they refused. Asked for refund and they said no. Guess stoner rights outweigh all others at The Met. We won’t be going back.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by smcquil339

Bought two high priced tickets to see a show at The Met. Drove an hour and 15 minutes to get there. Paid $50 to park walking distance to the venue. Sat through continual illegal weed smoking all around us. Asked the staff to do something and they refused. Asked for refund and they said no. Guess stoner rights outweigh all others at The Met. We won’t be going back.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by smcquil339

Bought two high priced tickets to see a show at The Met. Drove an hour and 15 minutes to get there. Paid $50 to park walking distance to the venue. Sat through continual illegal weed smoking all around us. Asked the staff to do something and they refused. Asked for refund and they said no. Guess stoner rights outweigh all others at The Met. We won’t be going back.

I checked recent Met reviews on Google & Yelp and no mention of this issue...

So instead you start an account on City Date to complain?

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