As someone who attends dozens and dozens of concerts every year, I know a lot about music venues and have experience with all of the major venues in the area. MGM is consistantly the worst around, hands-down. The venue building itself is not really bad, except for the super cramped seating. The main issue is their staff, particularly the security staff. I've never seen more security staff at any music venue in my life than what they have at MGM. There's literally like 20 to 30 security guards at every single show here, and they are flat-out nasty!!! I'm by no means a troublemaker or someone who causes any type of issues, but I've never felt more uncomfortable with the security staff at any venue than I am here. You can't walk 10 feet without some 21 year old security guard screaming at you for something, and it's always about something ridiculous. It's honestly absolutely absurd that their management allows them to treat their law-abiding customers like they're criminals. I'm not sure if these guys have any training beyond the minimum required to obtain a state gaming facility employee license, but I would highly doubt they are required to obtain an OPOTA Private Security certification or even any type of basic de-escalation training. Professionally trained security officers do not act like this, these guys are not professionals by any stretch of the imagination. These are merely just young kids and older retirees that they hand a security polo shirt and throw out on the floor with minimal guidance, and essentially let them treat people however they want to. A few months ago at a show, I personally witnessed a young guard get so aggressive with a woman over a minor seating dispute that the off-duty Northfield Police officer working contract security had to step in-between him and the woman to prevent him from potentially using unlawful force, as he was verbally threatening her and making aggressive gestures. It was quite franky embarrassing and disgusting that it even got to that point. Do better MGM!!! read more