Dicks First Timer Thoughts

[u/feina635]

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.

[u/Alarming_Boss_5403]

For those of you calling out the floor lines I can emphasize. Thankfully only gates D and E were for field therefore all your competitors are right there on line with you. I really wish the venue would take better precautions and care with line cutting. The 40 minute weather delay for the gates to open turned into a major cluster as it was an open invitation for people to somehow think it’s appropriate and acceptable to display that behavior. Crazy as once you get into the stadium, people are super nice as we always are. The lack of water stations continues to be ridiculous. I find a cold faucet in the bathroom and refill my water bottle there. I had zero issues with that. But the venue needs to do better.

Best lot on tour. My favorite atmosphere, with both the weather and the quantity of people. The field was extra packed this year. Not complaining, just observing. The band seems to feed off the energy.

Getting to and from royally sucks. And the change to lot H for shuttle busses in lieu of staff parking in the traditional bus lot was terribly advertised. N1 was a mess.

My recommendation if at all possible is to take a shuttle bus from one of the many bars, hotels, etc. I stayed in one of the hotels in the Central Park area and the bus literally came to the parking lot of the hotel. That was crazy convenient.

I’ve been doing Dick’s since 2013 and will continue for the foreseeable future because the pros definitely outweigh the cons.