University of Phoenix Stadium

I’ve been here twice — once for a closed, private event and the place was beautiful. The second time was for supercross 2016. There were a on of hang ups. From shutting down ½ the entrances/​stadium until 5:30 requiring people to walk around 80% of the stadium to get inside, to the way you handled the pit pass/​monster drink turn in (go thru security with can, have can taken away for security check, then give back can, get in line to enter stadium, told to get in different line first to get turn your can in/​get your hand stamped, then get back in line to enter stadium, once inside make IMMEDIATE u turn to go BACK outside to go to pits and more security — nuts!)
Also — the food options inside were seriously lacking. I’ve never been to another stadium that had fewer food options. Grease bomb or peanuts. Your choice.

My name is Jimmy I bartend at whiskey rose at westgate… if I could give them less than one star I would. this was ridiculous! 9 friends and I went to Supercross 5 guys 5 girls. 45 mins in the guys decided to go smoke, so we did we come back, we decided to hang out up top on the «rails» so my friend tries to go and grab his beer that he left at the seat. A diffent native american female usher asks him for his ticket, my friend didn’t think anything of it, hands her his ticket, (she did not give it back to him, instead she put it in her pocket) and he walks down to grab his beer, returns back up while the girls remain in the seats.
He comes back up, we chat for a second, hang out and decide to go back down so we tried, the F***ING same usher asks him for his ticket that she NEVER gave back to him, he explained that she had the ticket. I overhear *as watched before what happened and seen she never gave back the ticket.
She processed to call security as we tried to explain what happened *as if it was possible to sneak people in as security is worse than tsa to get in.
Security. This 65 year old john cena wanna be looking guy comes up. We explain what happened saying the usher has our friends ticket. HE in a very rude manner explains we are to drunk to understand what’s happening, and yells at us saying the usher doesn’t have our friends ticket, and calls the «manager» or «problem solver» he tells us if we can provide a ticket our friend can stay. again we tell him the usher has our ticket. And he didn’t believe us. as if we threw his ticket over the wall to someone else to get in? He said we snuck in… when the 9 of us provided tickets minus one. he called for EXTRA SECURITY TO ESCORT US OUT OF THE BUILDING. my friends came from sedona/​cottonwood. to be kicked out in 45 mins??? This is ABSOLUTE BULLSH*T THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME I WILL BE A THE STADUIM. I WILL TELL EVERYONE THAT COMES INTO WHISKEY ROWS ABOUT THIS!!! THANKS FOR DESTROYING A GREAT NIGHT!!! but no one cares to do anything about it. 450 dollars down the drain thanks guys… I’ll tell people to watch everything from home!!!

This stadium is awesome. I’ve come here for events, concerts, graduations but my favorite thing to do here is watch my Cardinals kick some ass! The they have restrooms all over the place and each of those restrooms have a ton of stalls, I’ve never had to wait in line which is important when watching a live event. My buddy and I went to the last home game of the season here and we decided to hang out after the game was over and let the madness outside die down so we’d be able to find our über driver. I was surprised how long they let you stay and drink for. perhaps it was because we were at the club level but the bar stayed open for like an hour after the game and they served us 4 cocktails at last call so we could stay and hang out with all the other stragglers. We had an AMAZING time, so much fun!

Drove 45 mins to the stadium to buy tickets for this upcoming super cross. Got there and had a lady by the name of Kim at the ticket counter. Kim apparently either hates her life or was having a really bad day bc she was the rudest most inconsiderate person I have had help me at a ticket booth. I will be purchasing tickets online from now on. Not saying I’m going to boycott this arena bc of this one experience… but rather just figured I should share just in case her boss wants to check up and make sure she’s doing a good job. UGH!!! whatever I’m done venting now… goodnight!

Parking is an issue! Not talking about abundance of space, about the skills from the parking lot attendees? Where did they learn how to direct traffic? How about some lessons on moving traffic at a steady pace after a major event! Everyone knows Traffic is jammed up after an event, how about getting some trained individuals with traffic skills in position or send them to training! Sloppy job UofP!!!

Beautiful place. At Monster truck show. Parking takes forever. Food way over priced. 4 dogs, 2 pretzels, red vine. Peanut and 6 drinks, 2/​waters $ 78. For slow service and circle k quality but 5 x the cost. Wait, circle K better. Eat out at a nice restaurant before coming.
They have no idea of how to get you parked fast nor how to get out of parking. Just a big cluster %&$#. Count on over an hour to exit. Mayne more. Quarter mile from freeway. They need to go to Disney or SeaWorld to learn how to run a parking lot. The director of parking must be a big moron or a Bidwil How does person this his job. No thought process has occurred. Retards.
I think I will have my my 12 year old work out a new parking plan for them.

I came here in September for the Cardinals vs Saints game. This stadium is awesome definitely better than the cowboys stadium. The seats was comfortable did not have to wait long for a beer. Westgate Entertainment is a short walk to a bunch of places to eat and drink before the game.

First football game ever here. watched the Cardinals vs. Packers… fun and exciting game… Unreal atmosphere. It gets incredibly loud in here with the roof closed. Well designed stadium, good view from any seat… we parked as far away from the stadium as possible and getting in and out was a breeze, Very friendly and welcoming staff… top notch security and food and beverage operations.

So I show up today to pick up my 2 Monster Jam tickets with the little one who wanted to go. Had 15 dollar coupon in hand. Lady at the window told me that would be a total of 42 dollars… Ok so 15+15= 43 dollars??? So I asked what is up. She told me every ticket sold there has a $ 6.50 fee added for maintenance. So I got 47% added to my ticket price for STADIUM MAINTENANCE, 47 fucking percent. So I told her that Chase Field in Downtown Phoenix last year didn’t charge me 47% fee for their maintenance. She just said their facilities are better than Chase field. LOL Can you believe that.
I don’t care how nice that stadium is… 47 percent fee for Monster Jam is beyond bullshit… Never will go back again and pay that crap.
Now when you are dropping almost 100 bucks on Football ticket 6.50 doesn’t seem like much. But when ticket prices are only 15 bucks. You really feel 13 extra bucks. And what am I supposed to do when the little kid is right there. Bastards and their HIDDEN FEES.

Was at the playoff game last night where the Cards pulled out a victory over the Packers in OT. This is the 3^rd game I have attended at this stadium and the 1^st ever NFL playoff game. The environment was electric. The prices were higher than what I though was usual for food and drinks. Perhaps it was just the playoff prices, but for $ 40 my wife and I got 4 waters, 1 bag m&ms, 1 thing of red vines, and a $ 15 bag of mixed nuts that was cold and honestly not very good.
Now that is out of the way. We have sat in the end zone twice and it was decent. We were on the first row of the ring of honor last night and it was great. Could see the entire field and had a blast.
Definitely excited about purchasing season tickets for next season.
#riseupredsea

Overall a really excellent venue to watch a game at with great sight lines, comfortable seats, and a wide-​open feel that makes it feel smaller/​more intimate than it actually is. Plenty of parking and good movement through the security check-​points are added pluses.

Although I am not a stadium guru, I would say that University of Phoenix is a great stadium. I have sat in three locations — section 117 (offset behind the goal post), section 102 (right where players exit the locker room tunnel), and section 437 (way up in the corner). Amazingly, my favorite seats of the three would be the section 437!
Now of course, if you are looking to get autographs the best place is down by the player entrance. But if you are wanting to actually watch the game, the 400-​seats are the best by far. The problem with the 100-​seats are that they are all at a gradual slope so if anyone — and I do mean anyone — stands up in front of you during the game you won’t be able to see over them so your options at that point will be to either stand up with them or to watch the game on the big screen. So essentially all 100-​seats are standing areas only for the duration of the game.
The 400 seats are more like movie-​theater seats. They are at a steeper incline and unless someone stands up right in front of you, there is absolutely no need to stand up.
Also, from the 400-​seats you are kind of looking down on the field and thus you can see plays develop. From the 100-​seats you can’t really see plays happening — this is especially true when the play is running away from you. You can see a bunch of guys running around on the field but you can’t see the PLAY. It is slightly better when the play is coming towards you, but not much.
In conclusion, pick your seats wisely and dependent on what you want to do during the game — be close to the players or watch the game. You can’t really have both at this stadium. There are websites that allow you to view the seat’s view too, so look around for those and they will help you get an idea of how it will look before you arrive.

Absolutely one of the best Football Stadiums in the Country. The food is good not great, the food at the Levi Stadium is the great. The big screen TV’s here are the best. The TV’s at the MBZ Super Dome are the worst. The way the roof opens and how the grass field rolls out is absolutely state of the art. I’ve been to almost a dozen NFL stadiums and nothing compares to this place. Our seats were great, 4^th floor row A & B. Even if you have to buy nose bleed seats just stay low and they will be good. Parking kind of sucked, like any stadium that doesn’t have trains and or a lite rail system.
My son and I are trying to go to all NFL Stadiums by the time I turn 50, it’s not cheap but it’s a lot of fun. Levi Stadium and the University of Phoenix Stadium are the only two so far that I hope to visit again soon!

Went to the Cardinals vs Packers game where the Cardinals destroyed the Packers in a whipping of the ages that elevated the Cardinals to the team to beat this year.
The place was extremely clean and a well oiled machine unlike many stadiums I have gone to. The vendors are all smiling and seem to love their jobs.
They could have used many more portable Johns as there were only 5 and 40 people on line.
The tailgating section cost $ 60 a car and you had to go to a gas station around the corner in a little tent to get a ticket which I found a bit odd.
I was able to score friends and family tickets to meet the players after the game that I thought was pretty cool (see a few pics I have submitted).
Overall a great experience except for the tailgating bathrooms which cost them s star in my opinion.

This place is pretty awesome! I always come here for a football game and it’s a great experience every single time. It’s cool that sometimes if the weather is nice, they will open or close the roof which is such an added bonus. Only thing I don’t really like about this place is how unorganized their parking is. Some guards has no idea what they are directing traffic to. It takes us about an hour to get out of the parking lot at an end of a game. Foods and drinks are expensive here which you should already know.

Nicer and newer stadium with a convertible indoor/​outdoor feel. Parking is not too bad here — you never have to walk for miles. I have only been for Cardinals games which are always a good time rocking the house!

came here for Arizona Cardinals vs Green Bay Packers game in late December. my first nfl game so not sure what I can compare it to, but I really liked the stadium. I was a bit nervous sitting out in the cold for hours (sensitivity to the cold) and was bundled up well with a scarf, coat, the whole winter shebang. when we walked in, I noticed everyone was in a jersey with pants. whoaaa. once we got in, we noticed that it was great temperature because the roof was closed! nice! got to enjoy the game in a shirt when it was 40 degrees outside!
we got dropped off by an über so I’m not aware of the parking situation. he was able to drop us off where the outlets and restaurants were, and it was a pretty short wAlk. there’s an area on the south side where all the ubers and limos and party buses wait for you. again, a pretty short walk. concession stand employees were generally friendly and overall I had a great experience here!

Really cool stadium once you’re inside but it takes some work to get there. Unless you have a color-​coded parking pass, you’re expected to park and walk from Westgate, about 15 minutes from the stadium. No big deal but just good to know in advance. Security is a real hassle. I purposefully changed into a much smaller handbag before we headed out to Glendale. It’s wallet sized at most, room only enough for ID, debit card, phone, etc. It didn’t pass the guidelines and wasn’t allowed in. So because we had park so far away, it took a good 45 minutes to put my bag back in the car, get back to the stadium, and go through security again.
Food options inside were pretty meek but it’s a sports arena. Hard to expect much more than hot dogs and pretzels. Awesome place to watch a game. Rise up, Red Sea!

U. of Phoenix Stadiums is one of the nicer sporting venues I’ve been to. The review is based purely on the inner stadium since I didn’t have to drive or commute to the stadium. On a business trip with my colleagues we decided to take in a Phoenix Cardinal game. Since we weren’t staying near Glendale we called for an Über (which was the best idea ever) because we didn’t have to deal with all the traffic going in and out of the stadium.
The stadium itself is state of the art. Indoor to protect you from the heat outside and perfect temperature. Their jumbo tron there is amazingly huge and visible. The arrangements of how the stadium is layout is quite nice. The downside:
— If you sit too high up and too close to the guard railing you won’t have a great view of the field.
— The view from the level near the stairs is horrible b/​c people are always going up and down obstructing your view and through most of the game, if you’re in the corner of the stadium, you’ll have to watch the game through the guard rails. Not ideal, so when you’re buying a ticket, make sure you don’t sit in this area.
I would think the stadium architect would have thought about the problems above. If you have more of a fish bowl like stadium you can see over everything and it’s not something you really have to worry about.
Aside from that however, there are multiple and easy access to bathrooms and refreshments at the stadium as well as the shopping outside nearby. I would highly recommend checking out a cardinal game if you’re in the area and at this particular stadium!

Hey what’s that a Oversized Quarter? A Toaster? Or a UFO? Oh wait it’s the Stadium that looks like a number of things!
Over the years I’ve been here for a few games The Fiesta Bowl and now The Super Bowl. From my experience it’s been better in the past before the majority of the land around the stadium had been developed.
For on they were really strict about tailgating no BBQ’s, chairs and other typical tailgating things. It made me happy that alot of people were breaking this rule and really not caring they weren’t allowed to do it because it’s part of the Pre-​Game fun!
As the inside goes it’s pretty nice and well kept and definitely a nice stadium and great place to catch a game. Unfortunately I didn’t get to watch much of the game as I was here to work but overall it was a great experience being here and by the looks of it the last Super Bowl to come here.
I say that because apparently something had gone down between the NFL and the city of Glendale where they aren’t happy or something that’s why all the events were held in Phoenix and only the game was here. From what I was told Glendale is the first city to actually lose money when hosting a Super Bowl game.
Definitely hope to return here again but to see a Cardinals game with some of my friends who are fans of theirs.