The Eagles at BOK

[Ibanez]

Very good show. Sounded great, nice mix of old and new songs. The band looked to be having a good time, and except for the 2 drunk obnoxious blonds sitting 2 seats down from my wife and I the audience was cool as well.

My one gripe:

Did we not pay for air conditioning in the building? It was miserably hot in there.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

Very good show. Sounded great, nice mix of old and new songs. The band looked to be having a good time, and except for the 2 drunk obnoxious blonds sitting 2 seats down from my wife and I the audience was cool as well.

My one gripe:

Did we not pay for air conditioning in the building? It was miserably hot in there.

I read in another post where they complained about that before the show started, but it alleviated once it got started.

If you were sitting on the floor, that happens at ALL venues.  You get a bunch of people in one space with 98.6 being the normal temperature of the human body.  Then do the math.  Even the lower bowl was probably pretty warm if it was crowded.

[Ibanez]

They never got the AC fixed. We were sitting in the mid section and it was hot hot hot. The couple in front of us ended up leaving because they were so miserable.

I was never so happy to get outside of a building in my life. My hair was wet and my shirt was soaked like I had been working outside. It was truly miserable.

Helped with beer sales though.

[FOTD]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

They never got the AC fixed. We were sitting in the mid section and it was hot hot hot. The couple in front of us ended up leaving because they were so miserable.

I was never so happy to get outside of a building in my life. My hair was wet and my shirt was soaked like I had been working outside. It was truly miserable.

Helped with beer sales though.

They sold drugs!?

Were there any freaks lighting up? Doubtful.[]

[citizen72]

quote:Originally posted by Hoss

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

Very good show. Sounded great, nice mix of old and new songs. The band looked to be having a good time, and except for the 2 drunk obnoxious blonds sitting 2 seats down from my wife and I the audience was cool as well.

My one gripe:

Did we not pay for air conditioning in the building? It was miserably hot in there.

I read in another post where they complained about that before the show started, but it alleviated once it got started.

If you were sitting on the floor, that happens at ALL venues.  You get a bunch of people in one space with 98.6 being the normal temperature of the human body.  Then do the math.  Even the lower bowl was probably pretty warm if it was crowded.

Got to get that air movement in times like that. We have the same problem with church sanctuaries. The capacity to cool is there but the air has got to be moved around. Otherwise you get pockets of warmer air like on the crowd level.

[Breadburner]

I thought it cooled down nicely...It's a minor glitch that will be worked out for the next show....It's simple....

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

I thought it cooled down nicely...It's a minor glitch that will be worked out for the next show....It's simple....

Unless the same mistakes were made on the BOKC HVAC system as were made at Expo Square [B)]  Same designers.

[OkieDiva]

The temperature didn't bother me... us divas are chilly when it's 75 degrees. But the air quality was terrible. Like concrete dust lingering in the air or something. My lungs and sinuses tightened up about three songs into the first act. Going out onto the concourse during intermission helped, but breathing was a challenge during second act, too. And I don't have asthma or other chronic breathing issues. Did anyone else notice it?

The concert itself ROCKED. The arena was gorgeous. Had been in a few weeks before completion, and was amazed at the progress made to finish it. Eagles were terrific. Who cares if Joe Walsh can't speak clearly... dude is magic on the strings.

Kudos to downtown businesses too. All that we stopped by were friendly, spiffy, had special hours or menus... parking was a snap... uniformed presence was terrific and conspicuous. It felt like a real downtown!!!

[sgrizzle]

I was outside the BOK Center and noticed a lot of noise coming from Trigen who provides the chilled water to cool the BOK. I think maybe they were having issues on their side.

[RecycleMichael]

I am always too hot and I was OK in our seats.

We were in the second row of a section that only had two rows and I had an open seat next to me.

We are are the floor for the concert next Saturday...I hope the air-conditioning worls a little better...

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I was outside the BOK Center and noticed a lot of noise coming from Trigen who provides the chilled water to cool the BOK. I think maybe they were having issues on their side.

The city and Vision Builders were certainly warned about that...

Anyone know if Trigen actually added any chiller capacity, or figured they could wing it since many events would be off-hours from their other customers?

It's unfortunate so many other aspects of the BOKC were over-budget, the citizens of Tulsa would have gotten a really good pay-back by the center having it's own chiller and boiler plant.

[ARGUS]

Wavoka, please describe the 2 blonde girls.....I wonder if these are the same two my buddy and I spoke with after the concert.
PM me if necc.

[Vision 2025]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

They never got the AC fixed. We were sitting in the mid section and it was hot hot hot. The couple in front of us ended up leaving because they were so miserable.

I was never so happy to get outside of a building in my life. My hair was wet and my shirt was soaked like I had been working outside. It was truly miserable.

Helped with beer sales though.

My wife and I arrived early and we parked quite close at City Hall for $5 (not afraid of Downtown, I just had surgery and was first had experiencing the ADA compliance of the facility) and then we hung out outside the arena for about 45 minutes and saw many friends at the main entrance....  When the doors opened I pretty much hobbled directly to my seat (ok except for stopping at Billy's for a burger and to say hello to a friend since Nimitz Junior High).  

When I walked into the bowl I noticed that is was cool and comfortable and not COOL as venues often are before a large event.  My immediate thought was that they did not pre-cool sufficiently.  From experience and testing of this facility I know they can get it plumb COLD if desired.  The pre-cool is controlled by operations and often has direct requirements from the performers.   We were in Section 103 in the corner of the bowl opposite the stage about 10 rows below the exits and during the show, which was FANTASTIC, we could feel cool air movement but once it got warm, the system never really got ahead of the conditions which would be very difficult to do for any system with that mass of humanity once you get behind the curve.  

I thought the acoustics were excellent, especially for the first major show and watching the activity in the sound/video booth area just to my front right I noticed they were not in a panic so I took it that the venue did well on that front.

In my opinion it was a wonderful opening and a great show and it was interesting to see the volume of out-of-town cars (I saw Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Nebraska) and listening to people seated around me comment was great.  There are always opening lesions to be learned and overall I think this was an opening home run.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by Vision 2025

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

They never got the AC fixed. We were sitting in the mid section and it was hot hot hot. The couple in front of us ended up leaving because they were so miserable.

I was never so happy to get outside of a building in my life. My hair was wet and my shirt was soaked like I had been working outside. It was truly miserable.

Helped with beer sales though.

My wife and I arrived early and we parked quite close at City Hall for $5 (not afraid of Downtown, I just had surgery and was first had experiencing the ADA compliance of the facility) and then we hung out outside the arena for about 45 minutes and saw many friends at the main entrance....  When the doors opened I pretty much hobbled directly to my seat (ok except for stopping at Billy's for a burger and to say hello to a friend since Nimitz Junior High).  

When I walked into the bowl I noticed that is was cool and comfortable and not COOL as venues often are before a large event.  My immediate thought was that they did not pre-cool sufficiently.  From experience and testing of this facility I know they can get it plumb COLD if desired.  The pre-cool is controlled by operations and often has direct requirements from the performers.   We were in Section 103 in the corner of the bowl opposite the stage about 10 rows below the exits and during the show, which was FANTASTIC, we could feel cool air movement but once it got warm, the system never really got ahead of the conditions which would be very difficult to do for any system with that mass of humanity once you get behind the curve.  

I thought the acoustics were excellent, especially for the first major show and watching the activity in the sound/video booth area just to my front right I noticed they were not in a panic so I took it that the venue did well on that front.

In my opinion it was a wonderful opening and a great show and it was interesting to see the volume of out-of-town cars (I saw Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Nebraska) and listening to people seated around me comment was great.  There are always opening lesions to be learned and overall I think this was an opening home run.

Saturday was a relatively mild day weather wise, for an early September Day.

Was the show a Sell-Out?

[Gold]

No, people were voluntarily paying $600 a ticket when the box office had plenty of tickets available.[]