U.S. Bank stadium, not impressed

Went to the Luke Bryan concert last night. Was very pleased with the concert itself! Those guys put on a hell of a show. I was extremely impressed by the facility itself. The new stadium is beautiful. However I was not too satisfied by the staff running it. It seemed very unorganized, and under staffed. They for sure didn’t have enough custodians running around as it seemed very messy, even in club level. The floors were dirty not long after opening the doors and there were mounds of garbage and empty beer cans on the condiment bar, tables, and floor. All in all it was kinda gross. I know it was the first show there, I am sure they had their hands full. I hope the get their stuff together before tonight’s Metalica concert. Those guys will tear that place down! I also was disappointed to see the American flag hidden behind a huge beam. I feal it needs to be moved. I did get to take a quick picture of Corriadale Patterson. He was not to happy of me snapping the picture. I thought his entourage was going to kick my @ss. Me and the misses had an amazing night,I have the headache to prove it. LOL.

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Seems to me the custodians are not the problem more like the clientele are the problem. Some just just expect others to clean up after them I guess.
Why on earth would you want a picture of Patterson.

Yeah, we will tear that place up tonight!!!! 55,000 head bangers unite!

My wife said the concert was decant but the stadium was a disaster getting in and out.

DaveB wrote:

Yeah, we will tear that place up tonight!!!! 55,000 head bangers unite!

Best Day Ever!!

-J.

I’m sure they’ll get it squared away.

Glad the show was good.

Patterson is a child.

There is a major shortage of workers willing to take these jobs. Target Field has been short staffed for 2 years now. They buss people in from out of town for big events. Looks like the bank is in the same boat.

I could care less about a mess. Just don’t run out of beer tonight!

-J.

Everyone is looking for low-wage workers, so being short on custodial staff doesn’t surprise me.

The hidden flag is disappointing. Seems as though it should be hanging over the field.

hl&sinker wrote:

Seems to me the custodians are not the problem more like the clientele are the problem. Some just just expect others to clean up after them I guess.
Why on earth would you want a picture of Patterson.

In my experience most people will look around for a garbage can, and if they don’t see one will set the garbage down somewhere. It is the managements job to take note of where the piles of garbage build and place a trash can there. Hopefully they are learning from these experiences, if not they need to change up the management. You don’t necessarily need to add more staff, just by watching how traffic flows and accumulates you can get your clientele to work with you and not against you.

Jon Jordan wrote:

There is a major shortage of workers willing to take these jobs. Target Field has been short staffed for 2 years now. They buss people in from out of town for big events. Looks like the bank is in the same boat.

I could care less about a mess. Just don’t run out of beer tonight!

-J.

But Jon, we were told countless times how many jobs the palace would create. Surely we weren’t lied to? Did we forget to ask the key questions……….how many people want those jobs & what do they pay?

BTW, watch Ziggy dance around the $15 a hour minimum wage issue.

There have been numerous articles about the contractor that is responsible for hiring all the cleaning and concession workers. Or NOT hiring all the workers, as the case is. The last article I saw stated they were still about 30% short of the hiring requirement.

Of course, the contract was awarded to an out-of-state contractor from Illinoising.

Apparently, this company assumed that the situation that exists in Illinois with 7% unemployment and the Chicago area being well over 10% jobless would apply to Minnesota and they’d have no problem finding low wage workers. Now they are behind the 8 ball and at last report they are very unlikely to have met their hiring needs before the first Vikings game.

My guess is that the contractor has massively underbid the contract because clearly the jobs are unfillable at the wage they are offering. If this keeps up, one might suspect the firm is deliberately throwing the game to get out of the contract or to be able to rebid it for more money.

Grouse

My wife the there for the concert and said that the roof was leaking by their seats.

Not a good look for the roofing contractor.

I can’t believe there aren’t more bathroom stalls/urinals in a place that you know will host activities that tend to attract way more men than women. Went during avenged sevenfold and still stood in line for at least 15 minutes. That was after giving up on finding the end of the line during intermission.

St.Paul does it better,CHS Field and now coming to the Midway.
MN United!!!Ohhhhh Wait until you see this one.

jeff_huberty wrote:

St.Paul does it better,CHS Field and now coming to the Midway.
MN United!!!Ohhhhh Wait until you see this one.

You got that right Jeff! I finally got to a game there, six tickets for the family and parking for under $100.
Great place to watch some baseball!

Everything went great last night. Yes, 5 minute waits for the bathroom isnt bad when 75% of the fans at MetalicA were dudes. I think some waited longer, but if you didnt wait with the massive rush between bands it was fine.

I didnt see any garbage around and concession lines were just fine too and I only had to wait once.

DaveB wrote:

Everything went great last night. Yes, 5 minute waits for the bathroom isnt bad when 75% of the fans at MetalicA were dudes. I think some waited longer, but if you didnt wait with the massive rush between bands it was fine.

I didnt see any garbage around and concession lines were just fine too and I only had to wait once.

I will second this, I was there as well.

I agree with the last two posts as well as an earlier comment about there being times where the clientele is the problem. You could have trash cans for every 5 square yards and I still think plenty of folks would just get rid of it wherever they want (i.e. floor).

Also….anyone else’s ears still hurt?

Dan wrote:

I agree with the last two posts as well as an earlier comment about there being times where the clientele is the problem. You could have trash cans for every 5 square yards and I still think plenty of folks would just get rid of it wherever they want (i.e. floor).

Also….anyone else’s ears still hurt?

LOL, the ringing stopped for me this morning. But I already had some damage from other shows, so maybe I had less to lose.

This is disappointing to hear about the negatives, also disappointing to hear someone from IDO going to a Luke Bryan concert on their own accord… (totally kidding, don’t take offense).

I sure hope they take notice of where the jams and pile ups were and adjust accordingly. Every new structure is a learning curve that is confusing until you get 20,000+ people to tell you where everyone migrates to…I suspect they will have it licked, or close to it by the time the season goes into full swing.

Also disappointing to hear that the roof was leaking. I can second what Bob mentioned earlier, the siding seemed like they ran out of material and got the second best option in a time crunch…

If you sat up in nose bleeds some people could not even hear words or know what the band was singing for Luke Bryant. Had friends there texting they were leaving because of that.

Now friends on the floor for Metalica had no issues with sound and loved it. Not sure how the upper seats did that night but again you know you are going to get loud and might not hear the words too much for Them .

I was front row of the floor for all but Metalica’s first song or so and can say it was great concert. I had no bathroom issues, because I used one on the way in and on the way out. Would also say that most concerts that I have been to with a floor area (indoors or outdoors) get some garbage, but US Bank was no better or worse.

I work within sight of the new stadium and we had lunch today at the Crooked Pint. Waitress said it was terrific business both concert nights. I hope this continues to pay off for the local businesses in the area. The Dome never attracted any kind of bar/ restaurant development because it was in a sh!tty area for the first 20 years of its life and then a replacement was looming and no owners wanted to gamble on a new stadium being built on the same site.

I hope they use the he!! out of this stadium. For whatever, just keep it full and keep bringing in people to the area. We’re paying for it, use it.

Grouse

Grouse……hows the new job?

DaveB wrote:

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I agree with the last two posts as well as an earlier comment about there being times where the clientele is the problem. You could have trash cans for every 5 square yards and I still think plenty of folks would just get rid of it wherever they want (i.e. floor).

Also….anyone else’s ears still hurt?

LOL, the ringing stopped for me this morning. But I already had some damage from other shows, so maybe I had less to lose.

My ears are still a bit messed up today also. guessing it might take a day or two more to back to normal.

DaveB wrote:

Everything went great last night. Yes, 5 minute waits for the bathroom isnt bad when 75% of the fans at MetalicA were dudes. I think some waited longer, but if you didnt wait with the massive rush between bands it was fine.

I didnt see any garbage around and concession lines were just fine too and I only had to wait once.

Roof leaks on one of the biggest structures around is normal if it even was a roof leak……once they fine tune the flashing that will get better..

Employee shortages are not limited to temp jobs like sporting events and such. Thanks Obama…lol..

Oh and its laughable to compare Target Field and US BANK Stadium to anything in Dt Paul….
We have arguably the best baseball park and Football stadiums in the country and to compare it a saints ball park and soccer field in st Paul is ridiculous!

lol, no Mpls. has very good stadiums but not better then St. Paul. CHS Field will do everything the Saints need it to. It’s like saying one blonde bomber is better then another. Truth is they are both gorgeous and you might be lucky to have either. Difference is one may cost more then the other.

It’s a stadium. Just be happy for Ziggy and pay for it.

I was at the Luke Bryan concert on Friday, unfortunately I’m married. Seriously though, if you are a single guy you should just go to a Luke Bryan concert and you can thank me later.

Stadium was incredible, I wasn’t ready for the size of it, it’s absolutely massive.

Sound was a bit off, tough to hear voices I thought. The staff didn’t know where any of the seats were, which was frustrating, but understandable to some degree.

Overall I was impressed with the stadium though, I think it will be beautiful to be in there during the day.

PB2 wrote:

We have arguably the best baseball park and Football stadiums in the country and to compare it a saints ball park and soccer field in st Paul is ridiculous!

Keep in mind the Saints are roughly equivalent to a A+ or AA minor league baseball team.