I went to the Palace with my daughter to see One Direction. Â Parking is good, but that's where it ends. Â The concert was scheduled to start at 7:00. Â We were kept in the lower area like a herd of cattle, elbow to elbow. Â Standing on a hard floor until 6:20. Â I feel sorry for the vendors inside. Â They could have been selling food and other merchandise for at least two hours earlier than when we were let in. Â
  At the time we were allowed to go in, there were know gates to go through. It was mass hysteria.  Merely a small fabric tape on poles with 1000's of people behind it.  The hand full of staff members and their upc readers were like a 5 person police force at a civil rights riot.  You could tell they were trained to handle no more than a K4 bus load at the local put put golf.  At this point, anyone could have walked in without a ticket.  They attempted to check purses and bags, but any beginner terrorist could have had a field day at this venue.  They had no control.
  This was by far, the worst run, least policed and poorly staffed venue I have ever been to.
OMG, when I went to the palace to catch my 1st pistons game; I couldn't believe my eyes at how big the palace was. To me, it felt like an airport. This was a belated birthday gift. We went a few Novembers ago with my sister, her friend Katie and my brother-in-law. We played the Oklahoma City Thunder, but lost 90-92. The seats were fantastic, the view was good. The PA Announcer John Mason did a great job, the players had tons of energy and here's the odd part, while the thunder was trying to produce a "storm of points"(no pun intended), they'd play no music and when the Pistons were shooting, they did pump ups. So get down to a game if you haven't already, The food was also good.
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