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Newark more intimate than MSG? Anyone been to both?

Thanks PeteThanks Pete NYC Posts: 613
edited April 2010 in The Porch
Anyone?
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  • iamloco724iamloco724 Posts: 1,441
    ive been to both saw metallcia twice at newark but they were in the round so it was more intimate for that alone

    but i would imagine its not anymore intimate then garden..all seats seem great though its a steep arena
  • Thanks PeteThanks Pete NYC Posts: 613
    iamloco724 wrote:
    ive been to both saw metallcia twice at newark but they were in the round so it was more intimate for that alone

    but i would imagine its not anymore intimate then garden..all seats seem great though its a steep arena


    Sweet!
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,235
    if you've ever been to the staples center, I think it's similar to that, at least for hockey.
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  • Thanks PeteThanks Pete NYC Posts: 613
    edited April 2010
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    if you've ever been to the staples center, I think it's similar to that, at least for hockey.


    Not a hockey fan and never been to the staples center



    ....anyone else have experienced the two?
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  • MomadanceMomadance Posts: 52
    The sound is better at the Prudential Center. But nothing compares to how the stands rock and vibrate at MSG.
  • SoybeansSoybeans Posts: 256
    Yeah, the previous post was correct. The tiered seating is closer to the floor because there less rows in each section. Rather than alot of rows in each level, there are less rows and more levels stacked on top of each other........if that makes sense.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,935
    "intimate" and "newark" are not two words you usually see in the same sentence.
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  • MomadanceMomadance Posts: 52
    imalive wrote:
    "intimate" and "newark" are not two words you usually see in the same sentence.

    Carjacking's can be "intimate". :D
  • Thanks PeteThanks Pete NYC Posts: 613
    Momadance wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    "intimate" and "newark" are not two words you usually see in the same sentence.

    Carjacking's can be "intimate". :D


    Thank god I'm not driving. NYC Penn Station is 20-25 minutes away.
  • schappschapp Posts: 160
    In addition to Metallica (in-the-round, so cannot compare it in "intimacy" :D), I went to see Bon Jovi when they had a 10-night stand and was in the first section from the floor. It seems like a small intimate venue because it's steep and the sound is perfect. I was able to see band well although I was at the opposite side of the arena (in comparison to the stage)

    I've been in pretty much every section in the Garden from the 200s and below and the sound is still excellent but the arena is not as steep, so you are farther away.

    Now, at least in my Metallica experience, the MSG shows had a much better atmosphere than the ones at Newark, probably because more than half the arena was filled with die-hard fans from all over the world at the Garden while in Newark it had to be more of a NY/NJ crowd. As the Pearl Jam shows are close together (Metallica's Newark was 10 months before the MSG), I'm sure the atmosphere will be similar in both venues, CRAZY as all the shows will be packed with clubbers.

    Hope this helps.
  • Thanks PeteThanks Pete NYC Posts: 613
    schapp wrote:
    In addition to Metallica (in-the-round, so cannot compare it in "intimacy" :D), I went to see Bon Jovi when they had a 10-night stand and was in the first section from the floor. It seems like a small intimate venue because it's steep and the sound is perfect. I was able to see band well although I was at the opposite side of the arena (in comparison to the stage)

    I've been in pretty much every section in the Garden from the 200s and below and the sound is still excellent but the arena is not as steep, so you are farther away.

    Now, at least in my Metallica experience, the MSG shows had a much better atmosphere than the ones at Newark, probably because more than half the arena was filled with die-hard fans from all over the world at the Garden while in Newark it had to be more of a NY/NJ crowd. As the Pearl Jam shows are close together (Metallica's Newark was 10 months before the MSG), I'm sure the atmosphere will be similar in both venues, CRAZY as all the shows will be packed with clubbers.

    Hope this helps.

    I just have a gut feeling that Newark will be a special show. It's going to be a fan club crowd in a smaller venue. Also, the band has never played there before, and of course BRUCE is going to show up!
  • TheLastRockStarTheLastRockStar Posts: 87
    it looks like the prudential center is smaller. i've been to MSG a few times but never to this place. my best is the PC though.
  • MomadanceMomadance Posts: 52
    Thanks Pete wrote:
    Momadance wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    "intimate" and "newark" are not two words you usually see in the same sentence.

    Carjacking's can be "intimate". :D

    Thank god I'm not driving. NYC Penn Station is 20-25 minutes away.

    I gotta drive ... I'm coming up from Atlantic City. The area is pretty nice though so I'm not worried.
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    Newark after party....any LES bar!
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    schapp wrote:
    ...I went to see Bon Jovi when they...

    get out.

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  • iamloco724iamloco724 Posts: 1,441
    its really a nice venue though nicer then msg..and i feel just as easy to get to considering i take the train to both msg and prudential
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