Outstanding Venue & Space For Music Festivals
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I have been to a couple of different music events here at the Empire Polo Club, the one that is most notable is the Coachella Music Festival. Â The other was a Blue Grass event. Â
In both instances of these respective categories of events, the Empire Polo Club has proved to be a excellent venue.
DISPARITY
Those comparing my Coachella Music Festival Review with this review will note that I give the venue a higher rating (4-Stars for Coachella Music Festival vs. 5-Stars for Empire Polo Club). Â That is because this venue works diligently with the local community in providing the necessary logistic support to manage the traffic in and out of the venue as well as ameliorate the parking situations.
What goes on INSIDE the venue during the event, is entirely up to the promoters of that event. Â Hence, when I feel the promoters of the event our gouging the concert goers on necessities such as water, that has nothing to do with the venue.
THE LOWDOWN
Empire Polo Club runs a smart and excellent operation that hosts some pretty amazing music events and festivals.
My family and I attended the U.S vs. Great Britain Townsend Cup tournament this past weekend at the arena and we were very pleasantly surprised and had a great time. The atmosphere is upbeat without being stuffy and all the spectators were in a great mood. There seemed to be a great appreciation for cocktails along with that for the sport and there were fans of all ages. This was an evening event so it got a bit chilly but I am looking forward to attending a match during the day sometime in the future. This is one of those special deals that probably won't last when people catch on but for now, its free for spectators and that is a great price to learn about the sport of polo!
Review Source:Went there for the BIG 4 concert and was pleasantly surprised by the facility. I'm from Hawaii, and there's NOTHING like it here. The concert venue area was surrounded by hedges and tall palm trees with lush, green grass in the HUGE stage area that consisted of concessions, tented dining areas, and even a cool ferris wheel (though I don't know if it was permanent or what else was by it) We had VIP tickets and it was worth every penny...er, dollar.
The VIP "tent" (food/drink/lounge/restroom) area was very nice and clean with a modern canopy, fountain, and lots of seating areas around planters. The lounge area was especially cool with couches, large "ottomans", and coffee tables. Good food offerings (stone oven flatbread pizza was ono -Hawaiian for yummy!), but DISAPPOINTING beer choices (Coors light or Blue Moon) AND price -$9 for a 12 oz??? YIKES!! Restrooms (port-a-potties) were a little far from the stage -over 100 yards, but quite ample and reasonably clean.
The stage area was lower than the VIP area, so you could stand in the VIP area and still have a pretty good view of the stage, and was park-like allowing comfortable standing, sitting, or prostrating. The VIP "pit" was a good size and offered an excellent view of the stage, although, probably due to wear and tear, was mostly dirt. My gripes about the VIP "pit" are: A) There was no direct, exclusive access to and from the VIP "tent" therefore making it a b*tch to go to the restroom or get a drink. And B) It was quite a distance from the VIP "tent" making it a b*tch to go to the restroom or get a drink.
The (dirt) VIP parking lot was quite a distance from the entrance (at least a quarter mile,) and probably could've been closer, as we had to cross a grass field that was between the lot and the venue.
Overall, it was visually beautiful and well appointed, thus offering a nice ambiance and, ultimately, an awesome concert experience.
Note: I gave the venue a 4/5 because of the parking and the access from the VIP tent to the pit although I don't know if it was the fault of the venue or not.
i came for the Big 4 festival, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax, my review is based on the facilities. Â Place is far middle of nowhere and parking is on dirt mostly with grass sprinkled here n there. Â The beer lines where super long and the restrooms where very far away. Â The place is huge and you can roam around and lots of space.
Review Source:ABSOLUTELY AMAZING MUSIC VENUE.
I came here for Coachella '10 and the view was phenomenal. It was hands down the most breathtaking view I have ever seen at an outdoor concert/festival.
On top of that, the air is so clean and fresh, and everything is very well kept. You can tell that they really take good care of the place.
Also a great place to people watch!
Absolutely breathtaking venue for any event. Â It reminded me of the golden age of Palm Springs when movie stars flocked here and the desert was super glamourous.
The mountains, the grass, the ridiculously huge and plentiful palm trees, with polo field were so charming. Â The grounds were meticulously kept, the views stunning, parking ample.
I would LOVE to see a music festival here. Â It was a perfect venue for the dog show. Â Seeing the polo ponies practice was also so awesome.
Nestled in the Coachella Valley and completely surrounded by mountains, the Empire Polo Club is literally a glorious oasis in a vast and intimidating desert.
It's the home of the legendary Coachella Music Festival, and hosted Phish's 4-day Festival 8 extravaganza last October, which is when I got a chance to visit here. Â The enormous main-stage area was flanked by dozens of concession tents vending everything from spinach knishes to craft beers from all over the USA. Â Prices weren't dead cheap, but neither were they offensively gouging.
The grounds themselves are expansive -- I didn't explore the camping area, but the main-stag site easily accommodated the 40,000+ fans who came to see their favorite band. Â The grass was also lovely -- no dusty, muddy field here. Â Bathrooms, as I recall, were in only one centralized location, at the extreme rear of the venue behind the main bar tent. Â They were a host of port-a-potties set up in a rectangle, and there was never a wait and the things were shockingly clean by festival standards.
Overall, this was the swankiest, ritziest, cleanest and most comfortable festival venue I've ever had the pleasure of visiting. Â The tickets to the multi-day show were expensive, and I understood why the first minute I set foot in the venue.
Went to see Phish festival 8. Â 3 days. Â Venue is amazing. Parking was easy and traffic non-existant and there were 40k people there!!
Camp grounds and the venue grounds were kept clean and I watched one set of Phish from a nice couch at the bar overlooking the field!!!
Simply awesome. Â I cant think of a place that would be better to host a big rock fest.
Love it! Love it! BEAUTIFUL! Great place to have a the Phish Festival 8. The grounds are amazing and the grass is like carpet. Such a wonderful climate, sun shines all day and cool at night. The campgrounds were safe and the place was so clean. Every morning and all day long they had people picking up trash left behind. I would love to go back again.
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