Downtown Las Vegas Events Center

This venue is not bad at all. I’m normally not a big fan of downtown Las Vegas because of parking, but this place is conveniently located right across the street from Four Queens’ parking garage, which offers free parking (I think with validation. I personally parked at Fremont though). The sheer size of the venue is also huge and the stage was well lit.
I came here to watch Letlive., Killswitch Engage, and Rise Against who put on an amazing show. The security was also awesome they weren’t uptight and helped people up from the pit if people got knocked down. The only con I have was when the show was awkwardly interrupted in between sets by the owner of the D to throw out his plug for downtown Las Vegas. It seemed extremely unnecessary to advertise your casino to people who already paid to be here…
For the most part, I had a great time and thought the venue was well maintained.

From 11÷21÷15
We came to DLVEC for Killswitch and Rise Against! I am surprised by the size of this place; it’s huge there is plenty of room to dance, and see all angles of the stage. The drinks were good, you can get a huge cup for $ 15 which is like three drinks worth– very satisfying.
I am looking forward to more concerts at DLVEC in the future– it’s an awesome venue.

We saw an awesome concert here. Train and The Fray. 7 rows back. Great seats. Will definitely see more shows here.

A much needed addition to Fremont Street area. It’s really great to see more and more options for live music and entertainment cropping up around downtown Las Vegas. Despite being open for over a year, the Events Center still has a few kinks to work out.
While I had the opportunity to be in the VIP area for The Fray and Train concerts on the weekend of November 6 and 7, I tried out the seats in GA and they were crammed together, uncomfortable and very small. Surprised the VIP area didn’t have heaters considering it was about 48 degrees outside and windy. Brrr. The drinks are on the high side $ 10 – 20 but what do you expect, you’re at a concert in Vegas. Also, they need more options than just snack food and hot dog stands. How about some tasty food trucks. Now that’s an idea!
Anyways, looking forward to checking out more concerts at this newer venue.

The Downtown Events Center is located on the corner of 3^rd and Carson. It’s just a block off Fremont and easy to find. The ‘venue’ is outdoor. The majority of the tickets are general admission so you can be as close or far away as you please. I looked up to see a VIP section with separate cabanas and bar area. This section sets up a level from the GA. If you want to be close to the stage then skip VIP.
The concessions are limited. There are only a few select drinks to order with only one food concession which was American Coney Island. I’m sure they are fine but I wish there were more options.
There were many people outside of the fenced venue area just watching the show. That would be an easy way to see for free. Just an ok venue but could use some improvements.

This had to be the worst concert I’ve ever been to. And not because of the musicians but because the venue itself could not seem to get itself together. In my opinion there is not a single reason as to why it should take more than 40 minutes to go from an opener to the next act and in fact they still had many problems with mics and speakers throughout the show. The main act didn’t get on stage until about 20 minutes before the concert was actually supposed to be over. By this time it was so cold (no space heaters placed around) and there were already numerous overly intoxicated people (those who had the patience to wait in the drink lines) stumbling and creating scenes. I was really hopeful that despite the other reviews the venue has gotten that my experience would be different but I am disappointed to say it was not.

I guess my experience here was different because I was here for two not really music events. I was judging the World Food Championships. So, while there wasn’t a traditional concert, there was music onstage and I thought it sounded pretty good. I’m a musician and am pretty critical when something doesn’t sound good.
I came for the Bourbon, Banjos and BBQ event on Friday night. I thought the line moved fairly well, but I did get there early. The ribs from the teams were OFF THE HOOK AMAZEBALLS! I’m a BBQ judge and never thought the two best ribs I’ve had in my life would be from Canada and England respectively! Wow, they were amazing.
Next day I came to judge the BBQ Competition. The smells were SO good and we had some great ribs, pulled pork and brisket.

We went to the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center to see the Sammy Hagar show last month. The venue is in a great spot downtown that allowed for easy access to restaurants and bars which was great. I was a little skeptical about the sound quality and the comfort (crowd) but the place was actually pretty cool with excellent sound quality. There are also a very ample number of restrooms, which is a big problem at a number of other places. Unfortunately, the bad far outweighs the good with regards to the DLVEC.
We had tickets at will call and once we got to the window it still took about 20 minutes for the staff to find us on their list. I showed them the confirmation email on my phone, but they continued to search their obviously cumbersome and/​or antiquated system of finding tickets. I wrote this off as first event bugs that needed to be worked out and we moved on.
The space is cavernous and while there are no seats in the GA area that’s fine by me because who sits down at a good show, right? I will say that I’m glad we didn’t pay for VIP seating. Most of the VIP area was significantly further away for the stage than we were in GA. The VIP tickets were about 2 ½ times what we paid and that is hardly worth it just to have a chair.
The drink lines were by far the worst I’ve ever encountered at an event and that includes lines I’ve been in at NHL and MLB playoff games in packed stadiums. We were in line for over 1 hour and were basically forced to buy multiple drink as opposed to standing in line again. When we reached to front of the line we saw that there was a single bartender and one bar back at each of the two service areas. Given the price of the drinks they could have had 2 or 3 bartenders on each side and still raked in tens of thousands of dollars. I was nearly force to hit the PBR line which was significantly shorter.
My hope is that the folks that run the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center take a look at some of these reviews and take heed to the advice given. This venue has the potential to be a great place to see a show with a little fine tuning by the management. I’m hoping to be able to do a follow-​up in the future that is more positive.

Never again for this venue if this is how they treat upgraded ticket holders. The line was around the block– no VIP entrance– why pay the money??? Endless meandering through gate after gate after gate with no signage or directions to get to the upgraded areas… Everyone was so angry about the beverage lines too… Ridiculous. Wish we had done all our consuming outside and gone dry at the concert. When I finally got to the front of the line, the beer tap was broken… opted for water only to be gouged by $ 5 for a small water bottle-​this venue is charging $ 32.00 a gallon for bottled tap water– it says so on the bottle– Modesto Municipal water source. What a rip off. Great music from Sammy though. Will catch him in Cabo, hurricane be damned… not here!!!

I’ve been going to shows all over the world since the mid 80’s and this venue by far is the worst I’ve ever been to.
100% pure cluster f*ck!
VIP area was a joke! I feel sorry for the suckers who paid for that. We had a better view from the GA area. The line for drinks was RIDICULOUS!!! We spent a hour in line and were forced to buy two drinks each so we didn’t have to come back and wait another hour! Wtf guys!!! We saw at least a dozen «volleyball» players (T&A) just standing around. Wtf?!? GO POUR BEER!!! Who the hell is running this joke of a venue! It’s the guy who owns the «D“ump!
This guy is shady as hell. He came out looking like a pimped out Ronald McDonald.
The suit fit cause this guy is a clown.
I would never return! Even if I had comp tickets and open bar I would rather drink warm beer with the bums of Fremont. WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND!!!

We went to Sammy Hagars birthday bash concert 10/​18/​2014. While Sammy and his crew put on an incredible show I have to share my displeasure with the events center. Right from the start we were up sold on our ticket to so –called limited vip seating area. I found it to be somewhat of a joke as there were only a few seats in the vip area that had a good view of the stage so right away that was 130 $ Above and beyond the ticket price wasted. Opon entering the venue we were offered an unlimited drink wristband for 50 $ and the girl who sold it told me specifically they had cabo wabo tequila available with the wristband (lie) and that they had a large variety of beers available, again a lie as they only offered pabpst and Carona light Worst part was the 50 minute wait in line to get a drink Also by ½ way into the concert the bathrooms were out of toilet paper even though I politely advised workers they were still empty an hour later
I am extremely disappointed in this venue and feel as if I was at the very least misled into spending a lot of extra money for things that were not delivered as advertised
I would love to get some input from anyone in management to respond to my dissatisfaction

Without a Doubt. The most unorganized group I’ve ever had the displeasure of having to deal with. From the start, trying to make our purchase of tix. Getting nowhere with employees with questions about upgrading tickets after receiving emails to do so. No one answers the phone, no one returns calls. Ask employees/​security questions. Get a different answer from everyone we talked to. VIP section a absolute joke. Rude guard at entrance. Ran out of lanyards for VIP section so people who paid were not allowed to enter without the lanyard that they couldn’t furnish because they ran out of them but they sure kept the money. Will be spending our cash elsewhere. There are actually venues that appreciate their customers. This isn’t one of them

I wish that I could review the Capital Cities concert itself. That was quite something. But I’m going to have to review the venue instead.
This event was the first concert of the new Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. Owner Derek Stevens went on stage (twice) to tell the crowd about how he bought an old courthouse, had it torn down, and got the place up and running in about a year’s time. The DLV Events Center (that seems to be the official abbreviation) is an entirely outdoor venue that takes up the entire city block bounded by Casino Center Blvd, Bridger, 3^rd St, and Carson (the latter two streets being the intersection of the entrance gate). As such, you can definitely hear and even see concerts from the sidewalk outside the fence.
The DLV Events Center is basically a fenced-​in parking lot with tents for concessions and a stage, so it’s not surprising how quickly it was built. However, that description is definitely a bit of an understatement. They also have an elevated VIP area with seating to the right of the stage, as well as raised circular tables in the back of the general admission area for people to stand around. Creative concertgoers actually lifted and relocated the tables as they pleased tonight, but this probably won’t happen at more crowded events.
The highlight really is the stage. It doesn’t lack for colorful rotating lights, swirling smoke, But the first and most prominent thing that you’ll see is the extremely bright screen, perhaps 25 feet diagonally, definitely visible to passers-​by, and a very difficult thing to shoot photos of (hint: adjust your camera’s metering). You’ll see the screen displaying various camera angles of the onstage acts, gratuitous panning shots of the audience members near the stage, the venue’s logo during downtime, or even just a band’s logo before they come on stage and after rain threatens to ruin the video cameras.
Oh yes, it rained during the first night. It rained pretty strongly toward the end of the concert. And it seemed that the stage crew was either prepared to handle it or was able to improvise. They had stuff to cover the band’s equipment and towels to help soak up water on the stage. They shut down all the cameras for safety purposes. The sound system didn’t fail though. Actually, considering that this was the first concert, I thought that they did a great job. The sound seemed quite clear and balanced, and the volume wasn’t deafeningly loud.
Crowd, by the way, is a relative term. I’m sure there were hundreds of music fans there, but there’s reportedly a 15,000 person capacity. I don’t disbelieve that figure seeing how much space there was. Event employees actually walked around to tell general admission wristband wearers that, for the headlining band, they were welcome to walk into the very front area, which would normally be reserved for VIPs (and those VIPs already had the best front and center spots anyway, I’m sure). Definite highlight of the night.
One more pleasant surprise came at the end after Capital Cities had finally said good night. As people turned to leave, all of a sudden, perimeter lights and pole lights were flipped on. It was a great convenience for sure, but it will be even more helpful when larger crowds arrive, along with their trash and debris.
Overall, I like this place. I think it’s a great addition to Downtown Las Vegas. I’ll be happy to come back and trust that they’ll put on an equally good production the next time. I only worry somewhat about how bad parking might get for the really huge events, but time will surely tell.

Racks on racks on racks!
Great venue space with tons of potential. Came here for the Capital Cities show and was blown away with how much space is actually here.
Great sound from the stage and ample bars to wet your music loving whistle. The bartenders are a little slow and the drinks are a little pricey, but these things can be remedied, I mean they just opened (it hasn’t even been a month).
If there’s a show happening here and you’re semi-​interested swing by, if you’re not impressed, Downtown LV is a hop skip and jump away.