lawn seats for hartford question

SVRDhand13
SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
edited April 2008 in The Porch
so right now im trying to get 3 tix for the hartford show which sucks because i can either find packages of 2 or 4 for seating. i was wondering why everyone hated the lawn seats so much. ive never been to the place before but i understand they are behind the seats (like any other place with the lawn would have).
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  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    Also curious of the same thing.

    Why is the Hartford Lawn such a bad deal?
  • dontloseyourheat
    dontloseyourheat Posts: 483
    Not sure why people hate it but its much larger than the lawn at most other venues. They usually do a pretty good job of packing people in there too.
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  • possomists
    possomists Posts: 428
    cause its cooler to be in seats and closer
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  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Plus the TVs might not be in High Def. Maybe they can create a 3-D gimmick for lawn seats, complete w/glasses to watch the shows on the TV?
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    My first show was a the Hartford Meadows in 96 and I had lawn seats and loved every second of it.
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  • Reddev
    Reddev Posts: 7
    Had Hartford lawn tix last tour and it was just to big and did not want to push my way toward the front of the grass and ended up watching the concert on a screen.. Saratoga lawn tix were very good a couple of years before that.
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    you're watching the video screens instead of the band. other than that, the lawn is fine (if it's not raining...then it's muddy)
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  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    because people pee on the toilet seats and the grass is infected with herpes.

    and it is hard to see the band once everyone in the seats stand up. Other than that, I have had good times on the lawn.
    They really should have built the last rows of seating a little lower...or the grass a little higher
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  • sk8nshoot1
    sk8nshoot1 Posts: 722
    It's just so big and you can end up pretty far away... Holds 20,000 + people.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=meadows+music+theater&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

    for a satilitte view... lawn area is massive...
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  • gang green disease
    gang green disease Posts: 16
    i've been to the meadows tons of times and in my experience the only thing that sucks about the lawn is that the sound is not LOUD enough.
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  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    so right now im trying to get 3 tix for the hartford show which sucks because i can either find packages of 2 or 4 for seating. i was wondering why everyone hated the lawn seats so much. ive never been to the place before but i understand they are behind the seats (like any other place with the lawn would have).

    The lawn sucks because it is so small and if it is a popular, "sold out" event you are going to be so packed in. Plus you can't see the stage you get to watch monitors.
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  • macci
    macci Posts: 1,057
    The lawn there is usually packed - and half the people talk through the music. Also at the meadows, there tends to be lots of underage drunk kids on the lawn too.

    I didn't think the sound was that great either........
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  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    No offense to the college crowd, but thats who you will be stuck with. Try getting tickets closer to the night of the show. They usually come up in the seated area as the show gets closer. Look two or three times a day.
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    you're watching the video screens instead of the band. other than that, the lawn is fine (if it's not raining...then it's muddy)

    it was muddy last time. mosh pits on the lawn. drunks pissing where they stand. next to you. splash!
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • ctvedhead
    ctvedhead Posts: 58
    Usual lawn complaints aside, I think this is a pretty good amphitheater for viewing from the lawn. It is very steep, to the point where its almost tough to walk up for some. It makes for better viewing. I haven't been to Tweeter since its been redone, but I can remember in the old days, when it was called Great Woods, the lawn was so flat it was impossible to see over the people in the reserved seats. Saratoga is like that too. In Hartford you can actually see the stage from the lawn. Also, its a loooooong walk to the pisser from the lawn.
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