Terminal 5

04/25/11

Great Perfomance BUT horrible venue

by Ash2431

I went and saw My Chemical Romance on Friday 4/22. Performance wise I give MCR 5 stars because yet again they were AMAZING the sixth time seeing them. However I was really bummed about the venue they were in. First, the line organization was absolutely HORRIBLE. I got there around 2:30 and people were lining up against a wall under a bridge across the venue. Then a guy came out and asked us to line up so that we would be taking up the width of the sidewalk to fit more people. Well doing that made people decide they could cut in line. Gets worse too. When they started letting us in group by group to cross the street people pushed and shoved their way in line. People I saw that came two hours later than I did ended up in front of me and that really sucked. Inside just gets worse too. They packed way too many people in this venue. I went to 5 other My Chem shows before this one, one being in a MUCH SMALLER place so I knew to expect that there would be a lot of pushing and shoving. But this was just insane. Because it was so tightly packed I could barely move. I couldn't even jump, sing, or put my hands up it was so tight.I stayed stuck in the same position for a good hour before I could finally move. Not only that I came out with a bruised cheek and chest pain the next day from being so squished. I also got my mouth bashed on the barricade because a person being pulled out hit me in the head. Of all concerts that I have been too, I have never come out that bad. Overall, Terminal 5 killed the experience of seeing my absolute favorite band. so it was just a major upset after I had been waiting 4 years to see them. Luckily I am seeing them in Boston next week.

10/17/10

Pretty Sick smaller venue

by blgerson

Saw Citizen Cope last night who sounds pretty sick live however never addressed the crowd. You could tell he just wanted to play and bounce back to his BK crib and spend time at home. He still plays great music.

The Terminal 5 venue is a great place to see a non main stream group. Yes you have to hang over the rail on the upper floors or you cant see anything, but if you can get a good spot you get a great view. Drinks were priced right which was pleasant and no one really minds if fools burn trees. I will keep this place on my radar and if anyone of interest ever plays there I will for sure roll back.

07/10/10

Terminal 5 Show

by BetsyBoots

I saw She & Him play here recently. Good show. Its a decent club, but no good way to see the bands on the 2nd or 3rd floors. I'm short so that doesn't help :(. BAnd was great, venue is huge, but unless your hanging over the rail you will never be able to see anything.

• Pros: Huge Venure, decent sound
• Cons: Not many places to see the band

04/27/10

Pushy bald crossing guard‎‎

by sbrhb

Went to Terminal 5 this weekend. I had no problems with the sound and cleanliness of the venue although the sight lines weren't always great. My problem was with one a-hole that was directing the crowds out front. I walked to what I thought was the end of the line and this guy suddenly grabs me by the arm and yanks me out of the line. I didn't notice the line continued across the street and when I explained this, he gives me some smart-ass remark like "what a surprise". If this old, bald f*ck was actually doing his job by directing people in the first place, instead of checking out 15 year old girls, there wouldn't have been a misunderstanding. But I guess I would have a pissy attitude too if I knew I could be replaced at any time by a piece of tape and a sheet of paper saying "End of line this way".‎

• Pros: Bars on every floor
• Cons: This guy...

04/11/10

The Terminator

by Superfox

It's going to take something major and unmissable to lure me back t this place. Terminal 5 is, without doubt, the worst major venue in NYC. It's so bad it almost even killed the joy of seeing the Arctic Monkeys. The sound quality is consistently dreadful. No-one seems to be able to overcome the cold, echo-ey dynamics of the place. Can't the venue do something to approve the acoustics? It's like listening to a boombox in an aircraft hanger. The atmosphere is . . . well, there isn't one. Put 3,000 people in a warehouse and you've got the idea. The sightlines are dreadful. Can't they rake the floor, elevate the stage or the very at least put in video screens so that those of us who are of average height can at least see something? The crowds are consistently the most obnoxious and worst behaved in New York -- it doesn't seem to matter who's playing (the Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine, Gossip, The Decemberists . . . ), it's always the same. People seem to leave their good manners and respect for others at the door. To cap it all, the promoters are happy to sell tickets to more people than the place has room for. Every time I've been here, several hundred people have to try and watch the gig from the entrance way on the ground floor, where there's no sound system, not much more than a view of the lead singer's left ear and you struggle to hear anything over the sound of inebriated -- and sometimes aggressive -- "concertgoers" who seem to be more interested in talking than listening. I join Morat666 in wishing I could give this place not just no stars, but unstars.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Where do I start?