Miami or Vegas? Which one to see? Best city to see them?

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I want to see U2 (well everywhere) but since Vegas and Miami are back to back weekends, I think only one makes sense for me to attend (I'm in NYC).

Saying the seat location are equal, which show would have the better atmosphere.

I've been to both cities before, but never saw a concert there.

If I can only go to one, which one would you choose.

From my experience, the Boston shows seems to be the best shows that I've seen. NYC right behind. Dont' get me wrong, I had a great time at every show, but Boston just has a certain energy. And yes it's my homestate and I consider it my hometown even though I'm from a suburb of Boston.

I've seen them in NYC, Boston, hartford, montreal, new jersey, LA.

I have tickets for Chicago coming up. Good energy there I hear.

Thinking about a Philly show.

But back to the topic at hand. Miami or Vegas?
 
I'm seeing them in Miami, so I am biased :)


But seriously, I think Vegas might actually be better... a lot of U2 fans tend to meet up there.


But if you do come to Miami... check out my sig and join the group of us who'll be hanging out :D
 
unbiased I would say Miami. You have a city that has some u2 history (elevation, the pop album, etc.). LV will be great, and does have u2 history, but the crowd will be from all over the country and you'll lose that real unity that brings a crowd to life and lifts u2 from the stage. On the second hand, LV is def. more fun than Miami. :cool: But I'm still sticking with my advice for you to see them in Miami.
 
I've never seen a U2 show in either city or been to either city so my unbiased yet inexperienced opinion would be....Miami. I think mostly for the reason posted above, and I love southern Fla, and Vegas would be so over the top for me I'm pretty sure I'd be overwhelmed and not get the best U2 experience.
 
I think Vegas would be cool because basically everybody going to the show will be people coming in from out of town. And you know if people are making the trip to Vegas for a U2 show they have to be a pretty big fan, so it should be a good atmosphere. Plus there is the "unity" of people from all over the world coming together for a U2 show in Vegas.

Miami seems like it could be the "late arriving, leave early" type of town where you go to a U2 show just to be seen, kind of like in LA. But I could be wrong about that.
 
njelevation06 said:
LV will be great, and does have u2 history, but the crowd will be from all over the country

why would the crowd be more "from all over the country" than any other city
 
The shows will be the same. Just pick which city you want to go to.

Why the same? Miami, as Chizip noted, has the same LA-feel (arrive late, leave early) to it. You must be seen at the concert to be considered cool. (The first MSG concert, in my opinion, also suffered from this same -itis.)

LV will suffer tremendously from the fact that the casino held back thousands of tickets for its patrons. Yes, there will be many hardcore fans at the LV shows, but there is a tremendous chance that the "unity" factor will be dragged down by the LV "locals."

Needless to say, but U2 shows take off when the crowd demands more from U2.
 
bonosgirl84 said:


again...why

because Vegas is a very touristy town that would be an attractive destination for U2 fans looking to go to another show

i'd say vegas would have a little more appeal to out of towners then a show in a city like Omaha
 
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I used to live in Las Vegas, saw U2 open the PopMart tour there in '97, have seen numerous other concerts around town...

The problem with Las Vegas crowds is that many of the attendees:

a) are there to impress their girlfriends

b) are high rollers who were given the tickets by their host casinos

c) are bored with gambling and decide to go a popular show, whether it's Celine Dion, U2 or those two guys who get eaten by lions

d) are "event" addicts, attending anything that is "cool"


Consequently, most Vegas crowds suck.

The only good place in Vegas to see a show is at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel -- small room, great acoustics, good fans.

Expect the Las Vegas ellipse to be full of more lameass "fans" than usual, people who go out for beers during Miracle Drug and only sing along during WOWY and Vertigo.

We'll be sitting a few rows from Adam during the Saturday show, hoping that the people sitting around us don't tell us to "sit down!" as we stand and sing every song for the entire two hours U2 is on stage...
 
all of these las vegas stereotypes are ridiculous

njelevation06 said:
You have a city that has some u2 history (elevation, the pop album, etc.). LV will be great, and does have u2 history, but the crowd will be from all over the country and you'll lose that real unity that brings a crowd to life and lifts u2 from the stage.

so would you say that this is also true at shows in a place like dublin, where fans come from all over the world?

Originally posted by MTEdge LV will suffer tremendously from the fact that the casino held back thousands of tickets for its patrons. Yes, there will be many hardcore fans at the LV shows, but there is a tremendous chance that the "unity" factor will be dragged down by the LV "locals."

thousands? i seriously doubt that. which patrons, exactly, would "thousands" of tickets go to? casinos don't give away "thousands" of anything, believe me.

i'm not even sure how to address the second part of your post. it's too ludicrous. all i can say is, sorry to drag down your show, man. now go hold yourself.

Originally posted by 4U2Play The problem with Las Vegas crowds is that many of the attendees: blah blah blah...

again, all of these stereotypes are ridiculous. three out of four of the things you listed could be said about new york, los angeles, or any other big city - including miami.
 
All things being equal I'd opt for Miami. South beach and temperature in the 80s in November is a plus.
 
It doesn't matter.

there will be no big difference in any city as far as the show goes.

i have seen U2 21 times, in many different cities (boston, worcester, atlanta, dallas, houston, miami, charlotte, nyc, e. rutherford, hartford, clemson- sc. ) and there is no noticeable difference.

if your asking about the cities- then its just a matter of opinion and what your interests are.

The only way there would be any difference- is the times they play lots of shows in one city and the last night or two gets soemthing different.

save you money on the trips and make sure you have tickets the the 4th and 5th shows in NYC in October.
 
What a ridiculous post from Bonosgirl84.

MTEdge is correct... the MGM and the other casinos regularly hold back THOUSANDS of tickets to popular events, in order to dole them out to favored patrons (ie. those that lose the most money at their gaming tables).

This is nothing new, everyone who knows anything about Vegas knows this, except Bonosgirl84.

As far as Vegas crowd stereotypes, once again, Bonosgirl84 pops off about something she obviously knows nothing about... 4U2play said he lived in Vegas and went to a bunch of different shows, so one can probably assume that he might know a bit more about the typical Vegas crowd than Bonosgirl84.

Whether New York or LA crowds exhibit similar stereotypes is immaterial, try to stick to the subject.

Finally, comparing a Dublin U2 show to a Las Vegas U2 show is absurd, at best. Hopefully, that does not need further explanation.
 
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and just to clarify, i have lived in the las vegas area for FIVE YEARS, so i DO know what i'm talking about. my mother works in a casino, my mother's fiance works in a casino, my best friend works in a casino, all five of my neighbors work in a casino, my ex roommate works in a casino. fuck, almost everybody i know works in a casino.

so yeah, i think i know what i'm talking about.
 
Hahahaha!!

Nice!

Good job, Bonosgirl84, you represent your city well.

Hopefully, angry passionate U2 fans like you will fill up the MGM in November, instead of the normally crappy Vegas crowds that attend these big shows.

Someone give her a ticket, for goodness sakes.
 
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Oh, look what I found -- another person describing how terrible Las Vegas concert crowds are:

"... I am concerned that there will be a lot of people there who have received free tix from the casinos/ hotels, and think to themselves "U2? I've heard of them. We have nothing better to do - why not sit through at least part of their show?" (I've been to a couple of shows in Vegas where that was the case, and being surrounded by people who really didn't give a crap about what they were seeing definitely put a damper on things). "

http://forum.interference.com/t129060.html
 
So it's settled... I'm seeing them in Atlanta. Thanks for letting me know how much Miami and Vegas suck!

Ha Ha.

I hear you all. I went to the last Boston show, and I had the best time I've ever had at a U2 show. I mean they all get 10 out of 10, but this one got 20 out of 10 because they played Horses. Wild Horses. Again, holy shit.

Anyway... I was in a section that was very close to the stage. My friend who works at the Fleetcenter hooked me up (I still paid for them, he just got me access to tickets for a sold out show). So I was surrounded by other people who seem to have recieved tickets for "free". And it was the most lifeless section I've ever been apart of. The crowd was great, but the people around me, sucked.

But me and my friend, still had a blast, because I was dancing and singing with the other 17,000 happy real fans.

I guess I'm saying, every show has at least 10% of the crowd that is there for a reason that has nothing to do with loving U2.

Right now I"m leaning toward Miami since my girlfriend doesn't want to go to Vegas.

But knowing me, I'll do something stupid like go to both shows so I can see for myself, which city is the best to see U2 in. Research you understand.

thanks for the posts. My favorite being "fuck you." I love it when women swear.
 
The only time I was in Miami I was on a bus from the airport to the sea port so I can’t tell you much about it, but Vegas is a blast. So much to do in and around the city. Go for a couple of extra days, throw in a couple of U2 shows and you have a perfect weekend.
 
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I think I'd go to Vegas if I had to choose. I like Miami, I think it's beautiful to stay on the bay there, but there's so much more to do in Vegas, great food, the MGM Grand is fun. I like going to concerts in Vegas because when you stay at the hotel you don't have to drive, you walk in and out, or now they have the monorail, stay at another hotel you can ride it to the MGM. Or if you stay at NY NY or Tropicana there's just an easy walkway to the MGM. Just being in the hotel before the concerts will be fun, maybe U2 will gamble or walk around.

And as far as the Vegas crowds being different, LOL, hardly. I think there's lots of people from this board that went last time at the TM, and before that to Pop, like I have. There was no difference, the only thing was there were an awful lot of rowdy drunk guys, and at Pop they trashed all the seats and all of us in the first 5 rows or so were bruised from them like we were beat up. But at the TM, the crowd was like any U2 show. Vegas has lots of drunk college guys on weekends, and they'll undoubtedly be there.
 
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Oops...

Sorry for trashing your seat at PopMart Vegas. Actually, we did that during Rage Against The Machine's opening set, not during U2.

And, no, we weren't drunk, we were just having a good time destroying the first 30 rows of plastic chairs that some idiot decided was needed on the pitch instead of general admission at the biggest concert of the year.

Zack asked to see a little motion up front, so we obliged by dancing a lot... problem was, those chairs got in the way, so some of them were eliminated to make room for us.

Unfortunately, during the break between bands, all those pretty little chairs were set up again... naturally, then, the first 30 rows of "fans" ended up sitting for most of the concert... very lame.

Watch that DVD bootleg of the concert and see how passive the crowd is. I actually felt sorry for U2, especially after they screwed up a couple of songs and then had to play in front of a bunch of statues, many of whom were probably hypnotized by that gigantic TV screen and that lemon.
 
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Miami will probably be cheaper, surprisingly...Florida is also very underplayed on this tour (only a few shows) and a gigantic gateway for central and south america (among other places) via air travel.
 
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