There for a concert, signs were a little confusing but staff was very helpful. A lot of steps and…read moreadmittedly, I couldn't find an elevator.

With just a couple of weeks left in the regular season, the NHl's Columbus Blue Jackets had a…read morechance to make the playoffs. Long story short, they snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. I went to one of those games at Nationwide Arena and this is my story. I was able to get a level 200 ticket from a third party and with a $20 coupon the total cost was $45. See my photo for the view from my seat. There are several parking garages around the arena. The farther the garage is away from the arena the higher the cost. Figure $10 to $25 to park, I lucked out at $10 that night and it was only a 5 minute walk. There is street parking but you have to be really lucky. Uber drivers are not permitted near the arena so you will end up walking anyway Hockey has 3 periods with an intermission between periods 1 & 2, and 2 & 3. Nationwide arena has numerous and diversified concession stands. They have concessions that cater to dietary choices. Get out is is also easy. Streets are blocked off to create one way traffic. Traffic is flowing out is directed one way so that cars are not cutting lanes. I'm still proud to be a member of the Fifth line.

My sons and I attended the Clippers Indians game last night (4/1/26) and we were impressed with how…read morefriendly the staff (Stadium entry, ushers, concessions) was to our family. The guy at the gate was patient as I fumbled with my phone to show him our tickets, the concession staff were nice every time we went back for more $1 hot dogs, and an usher invited us to move closer to home plate because there were a lot of empty seats because of bad weather, which we of course accepted. 4 different staff members thanked us for coming to the game as we left, and wished us a safe trip home. What a great experience! Thank you everbody for making us feel so welcome to the game! Erik W.

The long storied Minor League baseball team in Columbus, once farming for the New York Yankees, and…read morenow a farm team for the Cleveland Guardians (you know, the team that used to be the Indians). Featured events throughout the season include dime-a-dog nights (picture people eating 10 cent hotdogs!), several typical daytime "Businessman Special" games, and various other special events. The park has been known to have fireworks. One of my absolute favorite features of this ballpark, is along the second baseline. That part of the field has "windows" in the brick wall at the street level, whereby individuals who want to see the game, but for whatever reason don't have a ticket can watch the whole thing unfold from the sidewalk. For individuals who can't acquire tickets for themselves or their children this is a wonderful feature, whereby they can still enjoy a professional baseball game. Hats off to the Clippers organization for incorporating this thoughtful design into their facility. Ample parking is close by. And usually this parking fairly reasonably priced. Be aware that the hockey arena and the soccer stadium are both close by, as well as other entertainment venues. In the height of summer, this can sometimes make for a very busy entertainment district. So be sure and check the schedule of what's going on at the other venues, You may need some extra time to arrive and navigate your way to the ballpark. Get ready to sing the tag line of this song: "Columbus Clippers, Ring Your Bell!!!"

Hanging with Mr Cooper was apparently a very bad idea, but hanging at Cooper Stadium is pretty…read moreawesome. Cooper Stadium was a minor league baseball stadium that was packed full of people and one of the heartbeats of the smaller Columbus Sports Scene that is in the shadow of OSU. I enjoyed coming here twice. It was a great place to watch game and I did so twice, but sadly it's been torn down now, recently in fact. It will be missed.

I'm so sad that I waited so long to visit the Columbus Clippers at Cooper Stadium. The historic…read more(1932) baseball park will be torn down at the end of the 2008 season. In 2009, a new stadium will supposedly be ready in the Arena District for the Clippers. Still, the history of Cooper will be missed. Though any of the AAA team's games here are a blast, the time to come is Dime a Dog night. Every Monday when the team plays at home, hot dogs are available for $.10. It's not uncommon to see folks with boxes of them. And there's is Leinenkugel's on tap too! Columbus gets a lot of grief for not hosting pro teams from any of the "big three" sports. The Clippers are an asset, though, and a game is a great way to spend a summer evening.

This is massive stadium. In tribute to an even larger personality Jesse Owens. Owens was a Ohio…read moreState student who participated in the 1936 Olympics winning 4 gold medals! One of the particular points to this was Jesse is a black man who ran at a time when racial equality was not in the forefront. There is a movie out that details his whole experience . The campus is beautiful and it is worth taking a look at this stadium.

Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium is a very nice 10,000 seat facility that is home to OSU track and…read morefield, lacrosse, and soccer. Most of these sports offer free entry and free parking, so this is a great way to see a sporting event! Check on "Bucks on Us" sports at the OSU athletics site for more info on those. The parking is conveniently located in a nearby parking lot just steps away, which is a weird but amazing thing to say about the campus area! The stadium has bleachers, the middle section of which have chair backs. There are clean restrooms and a concession area selling snacks like nachos and popcorn. On our recent visit, we went to a Men's Soccer Game, and it was a great experience. There is plenty of seating, and a large color screen showing the action on the field. Kids can get close to the tunnel where the athletes go through and give them high fives when they are heading into the locker rooms at halftime. Brutus and two Crew Cats were in attendance, walking around and sitting down to fans, sliding down banisters, and giving hugs and high fives. Very fun!

It was magical attending my first ever Ohio State game here at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH. For a…read more7:30pm primetime game in early October, I got to watch the defending national champion and #1 ranked Buckeyes play against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Just standing in front of Ohio Stadium was a surreal feeling. Affectionately known as "The Horseshoe", it is an iconic landmark in college football. Opened in 1922, fast forward 100 years later and the stadium is still in terrific condition. Capacity says 102,780 yet towards the end of the 3rd quarter, an announcement was made over the loudspeakers that attendance reached 105,000 for this game. Just an incredible number! It's like...the entire city of Columbus, OH comes together and celebrates Ohio State football and their rich heritage and gridiron success on Saturday gamedays. I purchased my ticket about 1 week ahead of time on TickPick and paid $150 (all included) for a seat in Section 26C and Row 40, near the top of the visiting side stands. The seat was parallel to the 30-yard line and views were unobstructed. I had no complaints about sitting too high up. My only issue was the timing of buying my ticket. When re-checking prices the day of the game, I realized had I waited and done more price discovery, similar seats in my section were going for just $40. Ouch! I paid way too much, lol. But still, for being a lifelong college football fan, no real price mattered in the end. It's about having memories that are priceless. In fact, just the week prior to this Ohio State game, I attended a "Whiteout Game" at Penn State and paid $450 for a seat. Ohio Stadium allows fans to enter through the gates 2 full hours before kickoff. During that time, I walked around the exterior of the stadium. My best photos came from the backside entrance near the tennis courts. Yeah, if you walk towards the endzone side of "the horseshoe", you'll discover tennis courts and if you keep walking behind the courts, you'll notice Ohio Stadium in the background and in my opinion, it's worthy of a picture. Off to the side of the tennis courts is a cool Ohio Statue statue that fans were taking photos in front of. It said..."The Incomparable Script Ohio, Established 1936". For this 7:30pm game, Ohio State's team entrance onto the field was electric. Fireworks shot out from behind the scoreboard like a cannon and made for an incredibly colorful display in the sky with the fading sunset. Every time Ohio State scored a touchdown, more shooting fireworks lit up the night. Also behind the stadium scoreboard were 2 residential towers lit up in red. Not sure if these red towers shine every evening or just for Ohio State games. It was cool looking nonetheless. Ohio State dominated the game from start to finish. They defeated Minnesota 42 -3, so by the time the 4th quarter started, half the stadium was empty. I stayed until the end regardless. Who knows when I'll be able to return to Columbus for another game, so I savored every moment. Finally, I must give total credit to Ohio State's band. They were fantastic. Throughout the game they played the school's signature song..."Hang On Sloopy", a tradition since 1965 made famous by The McCoys. After the game was completed, the band continued playing Hang On Sloopy as they marched out of Ohio Stadium, ending another Ohio State game in classic fashion. Overall, it was a true joy to visit Ohio Stadium and watch the Buckeyes play football in primetime. Long been a To-Do List sports goal of mine, sitting beside 105,000 fans rooting for Ohio State was an indescribable feeling that every college football fan should experience. Thanks for having me Buckeyes.

I was gifted a tour of the stadium. I'm a huge Buckeye fan so it was a great gift. We started the…read moretour at the press box level and what a great vantage point of the stadium Next we went to the Presidents box which was very beautiful. The leather stadium seats were one of the most comfortable seat I have ever sat in my life. Down to the field level where the Band enters and to their practice area. A quick trip around to the locker room and then down the tunnel players enter the field from, very cool. Of course we got to go on the field and grab some photos. What a great adventure !

I had a really great experience here at a concert recently. It's a very nice, modern arena…read more Sightlines and sound quality were both quite good. I was able to find relatively cheap parking not that far away. Concessions were outrageous, but that's par for the course. Overall, this was a very good experience.

Where do I even start…read more I traveled to Ohio for a Drake concert in 2024 and while the show itself was great, there were props and other items blocking my view that made it really hard to see. I contacted Ticketmaster who told me it was the arenas issue. When I reached out to the arena they basically said I should have gone to customer service during the concert. Honestly who even knows to do that in the middle of a show. After several emails back and forth, customer service eventually offered me tickets to another concert as compensation. I picked Justin Timberlake which again required traveling. The night before leaving, the concert was cancelled and rescheduled. Not the arenas fault, but the notice came way too late for me to cancel my hotel. When it was rescheduled, I traveled from Chicago to Columbus and my friend flew in from Houston and while we were literally on our way to the arena the concert was cancelled again. At that point I was beyond frustrated because what are the odds. I had been in communication with LaToya who said she was working with her supervisor to make this right, but after that I followed up multiple times and got completely left on read. I started a new email thread and the last message I got months ago was just sorry. This is a multi million dollar industry and they could not care less about how customers are affected, the costs, the travel, the time, the hotels. It is extremely disappointing and I never heard back again. And now it is 2026 smh. Now the Director, Brook wants to finally respond and flex her muscle. Letting me know its not their fault and basically oh well. I get it its not their lost but they could have said that months ago. Instead of avoiding and ignoring my follow up emails

I've been coming here for 40 years or so. Went to basketball games here when I was at OSU long…read moreago, and men's hockey games. Lately we've gone to women's hockey games several times. They're doing great the last few years. A $200 seat at Nationwide for the Bluejackets is about $10 here, less for kids and students. Get there early and grab a seat right beside the ice. Bathrooms and food are across the way in the main building, so plan ahead (and the concessions prices are high.) Also bring a blanket or cushion; metal seats are cold. The games are fun. The crowd is friendly. You can see everything. Parking is free (for games.)

I absolutely love historic St. John Arena, a very historic arena on the campus of The Ohio State…read moreUniversity in Columbus, Ohio. The arena has true character with tons and tons of black and white photographs from many Ohio State sports dynasties from the past I remember when the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball played here under coach Fred Taylor, Eldon Miller, Gary Williams,. The Value City Arena is the new home and is a great place, but it just lacks the character of St. John Arena. (which is understandable) I've seen many concerts at St. John Arena as well, and there really is not a bad seat in the house, based upon the seating arrangements. The most popular event still held at the arena is the Skull Session, the pep rally before football games. Two hours prior to kickoff of the football game, The Ohio State University Marching Band performs Buckeye favorites, and the players, cheerleaders and coaches speak to the crowd. I really hope that the university does not replace or demolish this wonderful piece of history, in Columbus.

Attended the Hozier concert on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 -- and "chaotic" doesn't even begin to…read morecover it. Everything started off great. We breezed through security, grabbed merch quickly, and were actually impressed by how smoothly things seemed to be running. But it all went downhill fast. Gigi opened and performed four songs before being pulled from the stage. Moments later, an announcement came over the speakers citing severe weather, instructing people to either shelter in place (with barely any room to do so) or return to their vehicles. We -- along with hundreds of others -- stood packed in the concourse for nearly two hours with zero direction or updates. Rain poured in through the bleachers, soaking people despite wearing ponchos. All the booths and stands were closed, so there was no access to water or anything else. It was uncomfortable, poorly managed, and honestly felt unsafe. Around 9:30 PM, with still no new information, we made the call to leave. We headed back to our car, only to get stuck in gridlock traffic trying to exit the lot -- for nearly an hour. No one was directing traffic or managing flow. Then, suddenly at 10:15 PM, they posted an announcement saying the venue was reopening. What followed was a total mess -- cars trying to leave clashing with fans trying to return, people sprinting toward the gates, vehicles weaving around each other recklessly, honking, pulling out in front of each other. It was dangerous, and absolutely no one was coordinating anything. We ultimately decided to continue leaving -- even though lightning was still visible and it was raining -- because we had already waited so long, and the whole experience had become incredibly frustrating. If they were going to let the show resume in those conditions, it should've happened an hour earlier instead of stringing people along with "lightning delay" messages. This venue was completely unprepared and unprofessional. The lack of communication and crowd control was unacceptable. I'm heartbroken to have missed seeing one of my favorite artists because of the disorganization, and I know thousands of others are feeling the same way. I won't be returning to this venue -- no matter who's playing. Truly one of the worst concert experiences I've ever had.

Only complaint I'd say was audio and the parking that was messed up. But overall was such a fun…read moretime here for the last four days I came here for Sonic Temple. Plenty of places to cool off and get shade if needed. Prices of food was insane as well. But the bands were great. I enjoyed all the new bands I listened to and previous bands I initially came to listen to were great too. I would still recommend Sonic temple to anyone who wants to enjoy an awesome festival. People were also nice and very welcoming to anyone who was new and also experienced festival goers.

Rude staff and no opportunity for increased medical assistance. EMS was unhelpful, lacked urgency,…read moreand was not equipped with proper first aid supplies. Very unhappy with this festival and will not be returning. Hire new people, this is disgraceful.

This summer I made my first trip to Breakaway Fest and I was pleasantly surprised. This music…read morefestival is much smaller than the other ones I've been to, but I still really enjoyed myself. The festival is held at the Mapfre Stadium so there is a giant parking lot available, uber/lyft drop off lanes, and it's even walking distance to bars on OSU campus. While the fest used to actually take place inside of the stadium, it is now organized outside and around the stadium. Entering the fest was really easy, they had drug dogs, folks checking bags, and even with long lines, it didn't take too long to get through. They had 2 stages, tons of vendors, food options, and the bathroom situation was the best I've ever experienced at a festival. Having the stadium restrooms available was amazing! I also got to give major props to the EMS team. It was a hot weekend and not everyone was being as responsible as I was. They were quick to help folks out that needed it. Prime Social Group did a really good job with the lineup this year. I had to get a 3-day pass because there were acts I just had to see every single day. I loved the lights and the firework shows that went along with the music. This really adds to the experience and my mind was honestly blown during the Odesza show on Saturday night. Overall I felt like the prices for tickets and even booze and food while you were there, was very comparable to other festivals I've been to, if not cheaper. It was definitely a fun time and I plan on attending again next year.