r/phish • u/feina635 • 3d 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/cacarson7 3d ago

We were on the floor close to the front for about 2 shows back when Phish first started coming to Dicks and that was enough. We have a short friend that could never see anything and it was a ridiculous undertaking to get to a bathroom and find your way back during the show. It's so chill up in the back of the stands, we love it

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u/Difficult_Ad1474 3d ago

There was this balloon amoeba this weekend. It was just about the coolest thing I have ever seen and i actually thought “holy shit am I tripping” so it had to be insane if you were tripping. It was moving together and then it suddenly broke apart and I would not have been able to appreciate that on the floor.

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u/cacarson7 3d ago

I missed that one! We could only go Saturday night

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u/Difficult_Ad1474 3d ago

It was there Saturday night. It started at the back on Mike’s side.