Great place for Rodeos, concerts, monster truck shows, basket ball games, wrestling events, and you name it. I have been here for several of these events. I usually park a few blocks from here for free at a meter headed down town. You might have to walk a bit which I don't mind. But, it's easier leaving. The concerts that come here have always been entertaining. The rodeos are always fun to attend too. The concession stand over charged me for what I got. I showed them the sign behind them of what they should be charging. The sign reads; nachos, hot dog and coke $8. But they charged me $9. Why do people have to go this. They know the prices. So, it doesn't hurt to check the prices before you pay here. They did refund me in cash the difference but the one that did it, did not apologize and looked away the whole time I was talking to her manager. So, my guess is that it was on purpose. I'm just saying. I will not be going back to that concession stand. I'm going to Tacomac instead, then I'll come here. In summary, they do get good acts to come here. They also have great events. So I recommend Mckenzie Arena. read more

McKenzie Arena - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Loud you can here it from a mile away no traffic control not enough seat to sit in so you end up standing for 3 hours watching a concert but if you get thirsty you spend five bucks one a water and 4 bucks on 1 bag of chips and the bathrooms are disgusting a crap and pee on the seat ones broken and there's a urnel it's fine but you can't poop 1 STAR!!!!! read more

I rarely come to this gymnasium but in the few times I have been here, it has been an alright facility. Today, the Harlem Globetrotters put out a good show. It was quite an entertainment. Traffic Control, TERRIBLE!!! There was minimum assistance from the law enforcement. Waited 30 minutes before I could make a right turn. read more

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It's not bad for a concert...it gets really hot in there and the concession stands aren't great. read more

McKenzie Arena - Getting ready to go I side for winter jam 2013! - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Chattanooga, Tennessee

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A decent enough place. I prefer to see sporting events in here rather than concerts. The audio is just so loud that there is a constant rattle through the whole building. It's truly painful to the ears. The only way I'll go to a concert there is to wear ear plugs. But mostly I avoid it. Just saw a basketball game here though and there truly aren't that many bad seats in the house. There are a number of lower end of the upper deck seats that are obstructed by spotlights that are not in use. Seems to me like that would create a better customer experience to get rid of them and bring them out when needed or move them back and out of the way of the viewer. read more

McKenzie Arena - UConn vs UTC - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Chattanooga, Tennessee

NO TRAFFIC CONTROL, no assistance- beware! We recently traveled to Chatt from a couple hours away, to see the Elton John concert at Mckenzie. We've seen concerts at several arenas in several cities, many larger. Mckenzie, itself, felt like an "okay" venue; a bit dated, but the acoustics (from our seats, anyway) were good and the sight lines good as well. I will also add that the ppl of Chattanooga seemed quite nice and courteous...pedestrians excused themselves and picked up the pace a bit if they cut you off as traffic started to ho, etc. But, since we're there, let's talk about traffic...and the fact that, despite there being a sold-out, 11,000-seat show- (shout alert) THERE WAS NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON DIRECTING TRAFFIC ANYWHERE WE SAW WITHIN A COUPLE MILES of the arena! No police presence pre show. Well, we literally saw one...helping a broken-down motorist. (Not the cause of traffic) No CPD cops, campus cops, or random schmoes in green vests, directing traffic, anywhere, before or after. 45 minutes (to drive a couple miles) later, we parked. We passed the arena at 8 pm show start time, and there were dense, non-moving lines at all entrances. Must be running late to start, eh? Nah. As we found out 30 or so minutes later, the show started on time, but arena personnel couldn't manage to get folks thru very quickly. We, despite leaving plenty early from our hotel, missed the first four songs...and we've been to enough concerts to know what traffic can be like and set expectations accordingly (we are not that impatient). The flat-out failure of promoters and/or local safety officials to at least ATTEMPT to manage traffic flow, made us feel that they clearly do not care about guests, whether tourist or local. We've never seen a concert (and we've been to about 20 in the last two years) where there is zero police presence, and zero traffic flow assistance. We honestly were so turned off by this, that we'd think twice about returning to Mckenzie for a show, if we had the choice to see the artist in another city. PS: Elton John was awesome! UTC and CPD, however...pfffft. read more

We were here this past weekend for UTC Graduation. I didn't expect a whole lot coming here as I knew it was old and expected it to be showing age. I wasn't disappointed. The arena is in desperate need of updating and remodeling. The seats are extremely uncomfortable especially for a 3-4 hour event like a college graduation. read more

I recently went for a UTC mens basketball game. While this is an older arena, it is in good shape. Every seat in the house is a good one, they have good lighting, and the seats are ok. I was in the lower deck very close to the action and my view was phenomenal. The concessions were a little sub par, but overall for what I paid for the experience as a whole, it was a good venue, at a good price. read more

Drum line competition for SAPA. Parking was convenient and reasonable.