Nashville U2 Show Venue

[AchtungYall]

Where U2's performance was absolutely amazing at the Vanderbilt Stadium, questions ran rampant about why exactly promoters chose that venue over the Nashville Coliseum, which is a much newer facility, can handle a much larger flow of people and can seat 15,000 more. My experience getting in through the gates, herding through the halls to get to my seat was less than satisfactory (having beer spilled on me and my girlfriend). I went to U2s 360 tour in Chicago, Soldier Field during their first leg and the experience was much much better.
The only thing I can guess as to why they played Vandy instead of the Coliseum was due to Nashville's fireworks people setting up near the Coliseum.
1. I hope U2 doesn't wait another 29 years before rocking Nashville again (only venue to sell out)
2. I hope the Coliseum is available and willing to have U2 next time around

 

[coolian2]

lp field host a country music festival in summer (as you're probably aware), and the festival promotors have the right to say whether or not an event can be held there - and guess what? they said no to letting u2 play there.

i think it was a vastly better venue than lp field could have dreamed of being. you'd have had 15,000 more idiots to spill beer on you (really, your only complaint? that's not the stadiums fault) at lp field, and a much shitter atmosphere.

 

[corianderstem]

I love the shows at smaller stadiums - 45,000 instead of 70,000+? YES, PLEASE!

 

[coolian2]

I love the shows at smaller stadiums - 45,000 instead of 70,000+? YES, PLEASE!

shit yes. besides, i've now determined that i'll go out of my way to see u2 in a smaller college-type bowl stadium than these newer, same as the rest of the world tiered stadiums.

feeling like the crowd is on top of you > what crowd?

 

[corianderstem]

Can't wait to see them in Minneapolis - I don't think it's as small as Nashville, but it's definitely smaller than others, as was Vegas (which was awesome).

 

[KEVIN051269]

I would be sucking on my t-shirt if someone spilt beer on it

 

[neutral]

yeah, the Titans turned them down.

LP Field turned U2 away

I loved the venue size, it was definitely the best one I've been to on the tour.

 

[AchtungYall]

Stadium didn't effect the show

Don't get me wrong. I love living in Nashville and particularly love frequenting local venues and reveling in the intimacy of small venues, nothing beats it. I just feel, out of the four U2 shows I've been to, that Vandy Stadium was the worst when it comes to facilitating fans, getting them through the gates, getting them through the halls and into the seats, not to mention I get pissed when its as humid as it was the night of the show. Besides that, I was closer to the stage than I had ever been at larger stadiums like Soldier Field, which was awesome.

 

[kramwest1]

Can't wait to see them in Minneapolis - I don't think it's as small as Nashville, but it's definitely smaller than others, as was Vegas (which was awesome).

Yup.

 

[corianderstem]

Yeah, the logistics can be more annoying, but heck, even the giant stadiums can have annoying logistics. It varies so much from show to show as far as flow of traffic, flow of fans and organization.

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

U2 rumored to play 160,000 capacity Bristol Motor Speedway to accomodate pissed off, humid Nashville concert-goers

 

[AchtungYall]

U2 rumored to play 160,000 capacity Bristol Motor Speedway to accomodate pissed off, humid Nashville concert-goers

 

[corianderstem]

Man, I get cranky in that kind of heat/humidity, too. Don't hate!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

U2 rumored to play 160,000 capacity Bristol Motor Speedway to accomodate pissed off, humid Nashville concert-goers

but Bristol is a short track!

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

MVD_75, its not the size that counts it's how you use it...

 

[Jeannieco]

I would be sucking on my t-shirt if someone spilt beer on it

 

[peggy2ten]

Yeah, the logistics can be more annoying, but heck, even the giant stadiums can have annoying logistics. It varies so much from show to show as far as flow of traffic, flow of fans and organization.

I loved the smaller stadium, but those of us in GA only had access to porta potties. Now, I normally don't mind a clean porta potty, but as soon as the sun got low, it was completely dark once you closed the door. Just glad that I refrain from drinking beer until after the concert.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I loved the smaller stadium, but those of us in GA only had access to porta potties. Now, I normally don't mind a clean porta potty, but as soon as the sun got low, it was completely dark once you closed the door. Just glad that I refrain from drinking beer until after the concert.

yes. not to mention those porta-potties then blocked most of the access to the exit. it sure was fun leaving through that huge bottleneck.

 

[kramwest1]

I loved the smaller stadium, but those of us in GA only had access to porta potties. Now, I normally don't mind a clean porta potty, but as soon as the sun got low, it was completely dark once you closed the door. Just glad that I refrain from drinking beer until after the concert.

Is it too much to ask for little solar lights in the roofs of port-a-potties? Even the cheap little solar yard-lights at Target or Walmart would help.

 

[hikerdeb]

Yeah, Vandy was kind of a dump, but I loved seeing U2 in a smaller stadium. At the Georgia Dome I reserved a seat that I had expected to be pretty good, but I felt as if I were a mile away from the stage because the arena was so huge. It was like when the Beatles played Shea Stadium.