Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie

10/30/09

comfy seats, but bad theater design, bad lobby

by rc001 at Citysearch

The venue was horrible, and I will avoid going to Nokia theater in the future. Specifically, Nokia theater was very hot, at least in the balcony seats, and many people were sweating, which was not pleasant. I'm normally cold and aways bring a sweater, so this was really uncomfortably hot. Also, the theater only had 2 small sets of bathrooms on either side of the building on the first floor. The women’s lines were so long during intermission, that they met in the middle. I didn't even try, and back in my seat, I listened to a parade of other women telling their party they gave up. Between the small lobby and the huge lines, it felt crowded and uncomfortable.

• Pros: Comfy seats
• Cons: Horrible Lobby

07/02/08

Fairly decent venue - expensive parking & drinks

by Marvin99 at Citysearch

Saw the Stone Temple Pilots here on 29th June 08. Great show, however, the venue was not really appropriate for such an act (well, certainly not from where I was sitting in the upper level..... just too detached from what was going on)!

The venue itself is a bit of a rip-off..... $15 to park the car, $8 for a crappy draught Budd, $10 for a Heineken, $15 for a margarita..... and NO credit cards accepted at the bar - cash only!!!

• Pros: Not a bad venue if you have the right seat
• Cons: Expensive parking / drinks

12/12/06

Great Seats even in the NOSEBLEED SECTION

by mushymommy at Citysearch

Recently I had the pleasure of going to a rock concert at this theatre. The parking was the normal 10 to 12 but amazingly close even for general parking. The line inside moved fairly quick although the lady screaming at the top of her lungs " Come on people we don't have all day make sure to have your tickets out!" was alittle annoying. We had what I would consider NOSEBLEED seats but I was shocked when I got into find that I could still pretty much see the band. The sound was great. The screens were pretty good and the rules were suprisingly not all that uptight. They roped off a HUGE smoking section so everyone wasn't crammed together and the bathrooms were actually big enough that ( as a girl) I only had to wait in line once. Trust me that's a big deal. The drinks were pretty expensive and it was kind of annoying how the people with the blinking hats kept walking around the whole time but other than that. I would say I had a great time and woud definatly go back.

• Pros: Pakring, Great Seats, Big bathrooms, Nice place
• Cons: Expensive drinks, lots of advertising, seats kinda unconfortable