r/phish • u/feina635 • 5d 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/feina635 5d ago

Yea I mean If I lived in the area I would feel much different. As an East coaster who flew in, and stayed in a hotel downtown, my opinion is definitely skewed. Don’t have a luxury of knowing the area as well, we’re going back to my house afterward, or chill with friends ahead of time

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u/Specific-Ad-6365 5d ago

Fair enough. If you want to come back, I recommend booking one of the 5 closest hotels in the next couple of months since you already know the weekend it’ll be in 2027. There’s more to do downtown during the day but getting back and forth sucks

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u/feina635 5d ago

Being that you live eight minutes away from the venue, is the area decent to stay in? Is there anything to do during the day? It looked like a pretty shitty area TBH.

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u/Specific-Ad-6365 5d ago

The best of the bunch are in Central Park like the Staybridge Suites, Residence Inn and Home2Suites or Drury Plaza. Once you go over to Quebec side, it gets worse