Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Went to a Mayo Clinic Board Review Course. Pretty standard civic center with a large hall. Rochester is a small city so I didn’t expect anything impressive.
Clean bathrooms. Good climate control. The audio/​visual setup was nice.
It’s adjacent to an art museum too.
Nothing awesome but not ghetto either.

We went to the civic center to see a concert, and the concert was in a room that is normally a basketball court. So you knew it was going to be kind of unusual to start. We had a totally fine time at the show and found it overall to be a fine experience. But I think that’s just what we’d call it – fine. Good enough that we’d come back, not so great that we’d be first in line.
On the plus side: The stage and lighting were all set and fine. The venue had decent acoustics and we had a good view. I was surprised that there was not only beer available but full bar mixed drinks. And I was completely entertained by the fact that this venue is the first I’ve ever seen that serves these little kind of half pitchers of beer. I would guess there were maybe 4 or 5 beers in one of the little pitchers. But they were nice as an option. Facility was clean, well-​lit and overall in good shape.
On the minus side: There was a total lack of signs pointing people to the right place for will-​call and the general auditorium. As a result, people were wandering around, looking for the right place, trying to go in entrances that were locked, etc. It was somewhat disorganized on the concession area. The folks that helped us were nice, but slow, and screwed up our order twice. it’s beer. It’s not rocket science. It also irked me that the bar wouldn’t sell you a bottled water. You had to go wait in line again at the snack bar and get a bottled water. When I did that, the girl in front of me ordered a bottled water. The girl behind me ordered bottled water. That should tell them something. The acoustics weren’t great — totally not awful, but not the best we’ve heard. Of course, we were in a gym, so go figure.
So, I suppose i’m saying we had a good time and enjoyed the show. It wasn’t an ideal place for a concert and the staff could definitely do things to make things more seemless, but we didn’t encounter anything that would make us not want to come back.

I usually come down to Rochester to work the Home & Garden show there every February for my company. Great access via the skyway which is nice in the winter and an overall great facility.

Great event center. Easy to get to. There is parking all over.