This is the worst place on earth for a concert. Went there to see Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull on 11-10-17. I don't know how some people here could give this place a good rating. It is a total disgrace for one of the richest cites in Florida. First, every seat is outdoor, exposed to the elements, and if it rains, like it did that night, it is a disgusting washout for a night. You will get drenched like we did. We had rain jackets, and umbrellas, and got so wet we were shaking, and it wasn't cold out, about 75 degrees. Security will not allow you to use an umbrella, and your concert becomes a horrible experience. The seats - the cheapest, smallest, most uncomfortable plastic seats money can buy, and they attach them as close to each other as you can get with electric ties, so they can get hundreds more of them in the area and make more of a fortune on every concert. An average size adult will be hanging off the sides and rubbing on the person next to you. Gross ! The security staff was the most obnoxious I ever encountered. They patted you down before entering, and put metal detectors over you. They won't even let you bring in a small digital camera, even though this is 2017, where everyone there had a camera in their phone. Then they hunted down anyone who had their camera phone out, yelling at you to put it away. If you didn't comply, they would call the police outside to pull you out. And the police officer I had contact with was just as disgusting. I went out during the last song to go to the bathroom - there are no bathrooms in the concert area, and when I tried to come back in, this cop wouldn't let me back inside. I showed him my ticket and he replied " The concert is ending, you can't go back inside ! " That's how they treat people in Boca Raton, one of the richest cities in Florida.
And you would think that a disgusting place like this would come cheap in ticket prices. Oh no. They charge concert hall prices for a place that should be less than half the price. I paid over $80 for seats that were 31 rows out in the rear section, 7 rows from the back. This shouldn't have cost more than $35. And even if you paid $150 for better seats, you would have gotten just as soaked by the rain. Even the rich get soaked here. The land isn't graded for concert seats, so the rear seats are no higher than the front ones. You will have hundreds of heads in your way, whereas in any regular concert or movie theater the rows go up higher on every level so people in the back can see somewhat better over the heads in front of them. Here, 31 rows in the back section was like being 200 rows back. For this money is was a joke. And there are no large screens showing you the band. There was one large screen in back of the band, but they were showing old videos and photos of the band from decades ago. Very nice, but it didn't help the people in the rear to see the band at all.
This concert place is in the heart of downtown Boca Raton, which is now so overcrowded, during rush hours, it will can take you 20 minutes to go 5 blocks. This place has 4 parking garages in the area. When I entered the "A" garage, there was an electronic sign in the front, which showed how many spaces were vacant on each level. The sign was totally false, showing as much as 80 - 90 spaces open on each level. Over one hour before the concert started, we had to drive to the top 6 level on the roof to get a spot. And the levels are 2 way traffic, so be very careful when driving, because it is very easy to crash into someone going down when you are going up. The only thing good about the night was the garage was free.
in short, do not go to the Mizner Park Amphitheater, it is the the biggest rip off disgusting place for a concert. read more