stone500

stone500 t1_iqp8juw wrote

I was at the employee show on Thursday. It's very typical Bass Pro. Nice enough anesthetics and production, but marred with poor logistics. Very bad traffic management, no good organization for lines in the fan-area. I couldn't see any handicap-accessible bathrooms. Once you're in the venue, there's plenty of porta johns so you're not likely to wait much for a bathroom, if at all.

The venue itself is nice enough. Sound system is good. Stage is good. Hill seating is fine.

Parking is sure to be a nightmare. Expect to walk quite a bit. Expect to sit in your car for at least an hour when it's time to go if you don't leave early. The roads aren't meant for the amount of attendees that will be present.

I left after the fireworks (there was also a drone-light show, which was sweet). We walked to the car and waited about an hour. A major part of the issue is that there was no clear signs on which way to exit, and the ushers weren't very helpful. This resulted in plenty of cars just carving their own paths and ultimately we had three different lines of cars just trying to leave the lot.

A lot of the issues came down to lack of employee training and logistical planning. It's all evidence of trying to throw an event together with a very short timeline. Seemed like things were decided very impulsively, which is definitely Johnny Morris's MO.

Edit: Oh, and concession prices were ridiculous. We're talking Disneyworld prices for drinks and food. $12 beers, $16 small mixed drinks.

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