Tool was great! The sound guy sucked in my opinion. From where I was sitting, directly behind the soundboard, I could barely hear Maynard. His vocals were blown out by the music. Turn up the mic! Also the crowd control people were out of control, the biggest pricks ever. They ruined my first experience at the arena. The Tacoma Dome was awesome, The Rose Garden was too, the security at those venues were practically invisible, left you alone if you weren't causing trouble. The security at Matt Knight made it their business to get into your business every chance they got. They constantly got in my face if I wasn't in my seat, it was like I was in high school detention. I wasn't out of my seat no more than five times, had to use the restroom a couple times and looking for my friend. Just above my seat there was a landing, balcony kind of area were you come into the arena. there were 15 or so people standing there watching Tool play. Security would walk up immediately and ask you if you knew where you seat was and told you to go sit down. I stood up there for a little while after I came back from the restroom because I could not get to my seat at the time. A security guy came up to me and asked me if I knew were my seat was and to go sit down, I told him I could not get to my seat at the moment. He had a shitty attitude and said, "what do you mean you can't get to your seat." I said, "My problem is you guys, why are you harassing everybody?" He yelled in my face, "Well, if you are going to be a d**k about it!" I said, "you guys are the d**ks!" I showed him my ticket and said, " I want my money back!" He grabbed my ticket from my hand, tore it up and started walking off, "Follow me! Now!" I turned and walked the other way into the crowd and back to my seat. Also, we weren't allowed to go out and have a smoke during intermission, I'm not a smoker but my friend is. Would it have been too hard to make a secure smoking area outside the door? The Matt Knight Arena sucks as a Venue. It will have to be a very compelling show to get me to go there again, if at all. read more