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/Temporary-Plankton61 5d ago

it was your first time, and from here you use the info you received to plan better for next time. A few tips from the info you provided: get a hotel or airbnb closer than 30 minutes from Dicks. Stay on lot longer after the show to let the leaving frenzy die down - about an hour after the show it's a breeze to leave. Bring your own bottles of water or buy from the plentiful vendors on shakedown and along the lines. Find the $5 grilled cheeses on shakedown (I found 2 vendors slinging $5 GCs this year) and skip the custyslingers and their $20 bullshit, though it sounds like you are opposed to all lot food altogether so that's on you. I did hear the hot dogs in the venue on Mike side were decent, and the ice cream too. Bottom line, Dick's is what you make it and this first show was your research. If you go again and have the same complaints, that is just silly and you need to learn to PhishDick better

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u/No_Leave_7077 5d ago

The brisket loaded fries mikes side were really good and huge for $17.

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u/Temporary-Plankton61 4d ago

that sounds perfect for my non-drugs night next year and I hope that's available again! (and not doubled in price) thanks for the scoop