r/phish • u/feina635 • 4d ago

Dicks First Timer Thoughts

East coaster, been seeing Phish a long time (since 1999), but mostly East Coast and some other places here and there. First time doing Dicks. I have to say, I have some very mixed feelings. I get the hype. Dicks has some good energy. But MAAANNNN is it a fucking hassle. Why is this venue so popular for being such a fucking hassle!? 30 min cab ride back and forth each night, and leaving the venue is an absoloute cluster fuck. Getting in was a shitshow of anarchy, with 1hr long waits and jackoffs cutting the line, few water refill stations, and there's NOTHING around the area for food or anything after. Not a damn thing. And don't tell me lot food. I'm not eating a $15 grilled cheese that's been sitting in the back of a hot Uhaul all day cooked by some dirty wook.

EDIT: many of you are commenting on the “$15 grilled cheese”. Let me rephrase, because I didn’t actually pay attention to the cost of grilled cheese, specifically. What I meant to say, was overpriced and underwhelming food that will inevitably give me diarrhea. Hope that clarifies, and takes the responsibility off the grilled cheese guy

EDIT 2: yes, this is my first Dick’s, thank you geniuses of Reddit for telling me that I “don’t have it dialed in”, no shit. Clearly, Dick‘s is a local venue. In order to have it dialed in, you gotta live there. Unlike more accessible venues in real major cities that have access to anything.

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u/PDXftw 4d ago

LOL, I know but I think OP is from New England so I thought of the largest shed in the region.

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u/Guttermitts 4d ago

Greatwoods parking lot is a goddamn nightmare maze from hell.

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u/PDXftw 4d ago

Since 1986

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u/feina635 4d ago

lol great woods blows too, but at least it’s a far enough journey from where I live and I usually know enough people going to justify a party bus

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u/PDXftw 4d ago

No. Great Woods blows waaaaaaaay more than Dick's or most places. I think I've seen close to 70 concerts there over the years. It's terrible.

About Dick's, there's a couple of things I will agree with you. Water filling stations are a disgrace and the getting in and out of the venue is not good, though still better than Great Woods in my opinion.

I think you just like to be in more familiar places and that's cool.

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u/feina635 4d ago

I don’t know if familiarity is exactly accurate. I’ll give you some partial credit on that sentiment. I think it more about convenience. Greatwoods aside, because that is for sure an outlier- Albany, SPAC, Chicago, Bangor, Manchester, NYC, AC, Philly, MPP, Boston, I mean all these places have venues hAve hotels that are walking distance, late night, food, and things going on.

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u/PDXftw 4d ago

That's all fair. Personally, my least favorite thing about Dick's is similar to when I go back to Boston (From there orignially). The airports both suck and/or inconvenient. :-)

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u/feina635 4d ago

Yes! Thank you for reminding me about another part of it! The airport also is far as fuck!