The Historic El Rey Theater

Audio manager harassed my friend, she declined. We were guests of the artist and followed where we were going to tell the entrance people we had to go in the back of the line - he was not messing with anyone else. The tour manager escorted us up and the audio manager told him the tour manager could come in but we had to wait. Thankfully, the tour manager explained to him we were guests of the artist and considered a part of their group. He finally let us come in but was rude to my friend when she walked by. He needs to be corrected by the owner. El ray never has proper air conditioning either. I will never recommend this place.
1 7 years ago (20-05-2018)

I have attended various events here, but all have been during cold months and decent. However, they don’t seem to have air conditioning, which makes warm weather events unpleasant. It was over 90 degrees outside and that was cooler than indoors. Additionally, they need a better entrance system. Security/searches were inefficient and it took over an hour to get in from the middle of the line. Lastly, the bar planned poorly for the crowd size, running out of water before the main band was on. No water or air conditioning with over 90 degree temperatures is outrageous. Two starts were given instead of one because winter events have been much better.
2 7 years ago (10-05-2018)

One of my best memories here was seeing Prince (RIP) perform a late night jam session that didn't start until almost midnight and lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. Regardless of who's performing here, you'll get ambience that's large and lively enough while preserving reasonable sight lines for most.
4 7 years ago (27-05-2018)

We saw Anthrax here and it was a really great venue! The weirdest thing was not being able to bring drinks onto the floor, but it didn't deter us from having a good time. The sound was great and it was an amazing place to see such a big band like Anthrax. My biggest complaint was that they opened this vent halfway through the show and it made it really cold for a lot of it. If that could be more regulated, like turning it on and off at intervals, everyone would have been more comfortable.
4 7 years ago (03-03-2018)

Yeah the workers are cool but the venue absolutely sucks. They need A/C and maybe not sell so many damn tickets!! I saw Papa Roach and i felt like a sardine in a can!!! Too manny drunk people to even enjoy the show... Wish it was better.
1 7 years ago (14-05-2018)