Saw Conan Gray here on October 3rd - amazing show and great atmosphere overall. However, I did want…read moreto note an issue with guest behavior. Before the show started, people in reserved seating were given colored papers to put over our phone flashlights as part of the opening moment, and everyone around me was participating. Despite this, a woman sitting in the row in front of me (not even directly in front) snapped at me to turn my light off, even though it was clearly part of the show and everyone had their lights on. It was unnecessary and made the experience uncomfortable for no reason. I wish staff or ushers were more proactive in setting expectations or stepping in when guests are rude over things that are clearly allowed. The venue itself is great and has some good food options, but moments like that can really take you out of the experience.

A bit of a mixed bag. They book great bands that I'd love to see. And I've seen some amazing…read moreshows when I've showed out the money for the first 10 rows If you do get tickets, which you need to if you want to see anything, get them in the first front half of the theater. The lawn is so huge. You can barely see some of the screens forget about seeing this stage. Prepare for many lines and expensive food and drink. Finally it takes forever to get in and out of the place. To combat that they charge as much as a concert ticket to park in a place where you can get out quickly. That's probably the killer for me and makes me not want to go back...

Came here to give Stanford a run for their money... float like a butterfly and I sting like a bee!…read moreYou can get a free workout and a tan.

most vibrant, hyped university track in the bay! my cross country comes here rain or shine to watch…read morethe stanford invitational each year. not sure if its ever open for the public to run on but there are cut out trails and plenty of area to run around stanford campus with shade!

What a privilege to be at Avery Stadium at Stanford University…read more My son's team and about 15 others were invited to compete at Stanford's state-of-the-art stadium where all the staff were accommodating and the competition was run at an Olympic level. Photographers, a lane announcer who added excitement to each heat detailing who was out ahead, who had pushed off the wall and furiously come from behind whipping up the crowd who'd stand in anticipation of who'd touch the wall first- you don't get that at just any race! To be surrounded by plaques of world record breakers, NCAA champs was awing. Turnkey from leafy parking lot then a quick walk into the stadium where you were greeted by staff and lanyard hung around your neck if helping with timing as I was. Great time on a freezing day for this "Candy Cane Classic" meet!

We went to a Coldplay concert here in May and absolutely loved it…read more We arrived early for parking, which gave us plenty of time to wait, enjoy some tasty nachos, and avoid long restroom lines. Everything was clean, and the staff members were all friendly. Our seats were in the shade, and we had a nice view of the sign and trees lining the stadium.

I'm all about that bass, self proclaimed bass baddie here, and I must say....FROST your sound…read moresystem has been upgraded! Just walking through the tunnel into the amphitheater was the vibe-iest bass trap a girl could dream of. This year there was a noticeable upgrade to the sound system and the Blackfest was filled with therapeutic vibes that could release dopamine in any depressed brain. Talk about a neural reset here, lovely! And who wouldn't love a setting filled with eucalyptus trees and the loveliest melanated crowd you can find in Silicon Valley. Hats off to the organizers of Blackfest for ALWAYS delivering such high quality performers. JID and SAMARA CYN at Stanford? My dreams really have come true. Like JID said, keep on manifesting...you're keeping something really beautiful alive with this festival.

Outdoor music venue on Standford campus. Came with some friends since they recommended it. Its…read moresimilar to the Greek at Berkeley but much more flat, the good thing is the venue is smaller so you can get a better view from anywhere inside. The worst part about this is if you want to go to the bathroom or meet someone at the entrance when it starts getting crowded you are awkwardly stepping over people and constantly saying "excuse me". The shows go on unless the weather is "extreme". So if you pre buy tickets and it rains be prepared to go in rain gear. When we went it rained the day before but the grass was luckily dry. The sound system and lighting are well designed were it felt like we could clearly hear the music. There are drinks and food available but once the show starts you will have to awkwardly walk over people to get food and drinks. I came after work on a Thursday and the piece of pizza I had for dinner was HUGE and satisfying.

Stanford basketball has a fantastic program and is really the only bright spot that emerged from…read morethe decision to join the ACC. Where else can you get fantastic seats for a low price to watch Duke, NC, Louisville and all the other storied ACC teams? Stanford MBB has an exciting team with great talent and always puts on a great show at home, and many upsets (and near upset) of top-25 teams. Unfortunately the University is still penny wise pound foolish when it comes to upgrading the fan experience. Long lines to enter the arena for big games, mediocre concessions (which still require ordering on outdated keypads or self-scanning) and perhaps a worse food selection than the pathetic 7/11 on Lytton street. It would not take much money or effort to upgrade the concessions but Stanford does not care. And the student section is empty for most games which is a pathetic commentary on the current student body (was packed in my day).

It's a lovely little arena, especially when my Irish ladies are beating a pretty good Cardinal…read moreteam. I expected it to be bigger, but it feels bigger than it is. Acoustically, it's very loud, which only increases the home-court advantage. The design is pretty wild. When you enter the outer doors from outside, you think you're stepping inside, but you're not. There are large exterior holes cut into the walls, with slanted roofs leading down *into* the building. There are huge gutters under those slanted roofs, so you wouldn't get wet if it were raining, but you're not technically "inside" until you enter the seating bowl itself, which has these special airtight doors for that very reason. (Normally, the vomitoria [tunnels] that lead into arenas and stadia are open on both ends, but in this case, they need doors on the outside to make the inside of the seating bowl itself truly inside.) This should be a four-star review, but absurdly rich Stanford had to be cheap and not install individual seats throughout the arena. Even arenas with sections of bleachers usually have individual seats on the sides of the court, but we were sitting almost at mid-court, and we had to deal with awful benches. I would have preferred flat bleachers, but Stanford installed those awful separated plastic seats familiar from its football stadium. (They're literally the exact same models as at Stanford Stadium.) They're an awful hybrid of bleachers and seats. Call them the worst of both worlds--enough seating room for only the smallest of butts, but instead of a flat bleacher that allows you to sit wherever you want, these have small metal or plastic separators, which means your tush hurts after the game unless you're small enough to fit right in the middle of the tiny seat. It's also needlessly far from its designated parking structure--the structure isn't actually that far from the arena, but there's no crosswalk in a logical place; you have to walk way past Maples before you're allowed to cross the street. And the traffic directors on game days are a joke. They just wave you along without regard for which of many different events you're attending. If I had done what they had told me, we would have parked almost a mile from Maples, and one of my guests had mobility issues.

I met my lifetime, childhood girlfriend here a few weekends ago, her son plays baseball for The…read moreOregon Ducks, they had a tournament. Great field, fun people, lots of sunshine and yummy snacks/beverages. I've been to the campus but not the field, great experience!

Great place to watch a college baseball game. Field is beautiful, staff is friendly, and food is…read morepretty good and reasonably priced. Plenty of parking.

Stanford athletics has long been one of the most dominant programs across all colleges and…read moreuniversities. They are well represented the professional ranks. Football, basketball, swimming, golf, soccer and so many other sports have dominant athletes at the professional and amateur ranks. Truly a stellar university for sports.

My family love the sport of soccer. My husband has been playing the sport all his life and now…read morecoaches soccer as a hobby. Our girls have been playing competitive and both plays club, AYSO and in their school team. We are local and That is why, we support Stanford Women's Soccer Team. We enjoy coming to the arena to watch the team and having our girls learn from them by watching them play. Every once in a while after a game, the team would come Out and sign autographs, take pictures and meet the girls which is such an amazing experience for our girls. They look up to the team and look forward that one day they'll be a part of Stanford Cardinals. The Arena/Soccer stadium is well Maintain and clean. The staff are always friendly and the snacks stands are always fully stuck and prices to the game and the snack bar are reasonable. Will always be coming back and support Stanford!