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Thunder Ridge Nature Arena

1.5 (91 reviews)
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Shelly K.

What a beautiful Amphitheatre! Walking in from parking the Ozark mountains frame the venue. You can walk or take a tram to and from the parking lots. The tram crew made the ride fun and you get an immediate taste of true Ozark hospitality. After getting off the tram, I'm not gonna lie, it's a little confusing in where to go. There is a vendor space with food trucks, retail vendors and some non profits, oh and a sick DJ. Very party atmosphere. We pre-bought a knock of tee short in the parking lot, and then an official shirt at the tee shirt booth. We found the path into the theater, use the QR code to get free wifi, as service is a little sketch. Have your electronic tickets ready! Once in, the space is amazing and well designed. The bathroom is the nicest I have ever seen at a large venue. There is a really pretty painting on the ceiling. The grass seating is large and nice, probably the best view. We sat down on the floor, there is no slope so hopefully you aren't behind the Jolly green Giant or a guy with a 10 gallon hat. We watched the giant screens a lot. The seating is sloped and you can rent chairs to sit in. This will be my choice if we come to a show here again. Come prepared or prepared to spend some money. $12 for two waters. Ouch! You can bring a bottle in with you. Next, I had ear plugs, but needed a set for my son. There were no free ones at guest services or first aid. Most venues have them. Soooo, $40 I bought some new fancy noise canceling ear plugs. Double ouch. The kicker is I got all the way back down to my seats and the box was empty. I went all the way back up the hill, the booth was closed, Creed was no playing, and I was getting more mad. I found someone to help me and they got me a sealed package. The concert was incredible! Leaving, not so good. We walked maybe a mile back to our car, the trams filled up fast and we didn't want to wait. Oh, but waiting we did. In the parking lot for 1.5 hours. Note to oneself, leave before the encore or tailgate in the parking lot. Three stars for the parking lot and cost of things. Five stars for the physical venue and Midwest Friendly staff. I'm sure we'll be back with a better game plan.

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Matt J.

This is a great location to watch a concert on a summer/ fall night. There's a lot to see and do. They provide lawn chairs for rent at $25 but they sell out fast. They also offer blankets if you are sitting on the lawn. Most beer prices start at $10 and up. Food looked good but I did not eat here. The only down fall about going to a concert here is the parking when leaving. It will take you 1 -3 hours to get out due to one way out! Be prepared for a long night if you stay for the full concert.

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James M.

Go vip! Get there by 3pm to park. Vip food buffet all night.Great clean bar and bathroom s. You will go broke ordering drinks inside. View from VIP is awesome! Leave before show ends or you are in for a long drive.

Allison R.

The view and venue itself once you make it inside, is amazing. With it being an outdoor concert venue, artists are able to use fireworks. The bathrooms were clean and plenty of stalls. In the women's restroom, there was attendant letting people know when stalls were available. Now that's the good. Here comes the bad. For a place that has been open awhile, they have no idea how to direct traffic into and out of this venue. You need to easily plan on 1 hour coming in and another hour coming out. At one point in the bottle neck, one of the workers directing traffic said I have no clue what's going on. Seriously!?!! She's supposed to be directing traffic. It made no sense to have traffic drive in one lane when clearly there are more than 1 line to drive on. So after that fiasco, then you get to stand like a herd of cows to wait for them to open the gates. Keep in mind, you have no idea if you are standing in line for the restroom or to get into venue. You also need to imagine 2 lines wrapping around in different directions like a maze. I was talking to people who have been here before and they said it is always like this. That's ridiculous. This could be a great concert venue but you need to figure out the logistics aspects first.

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Taylor S.

Let's start with the good things. We thought the concessions were great and the lines for the bathrooms were pretty short. It was a beautiful night when we were there and the overall setting has natural beauty to it. We had heard so many people talking about parking issues getting in and out that we actually left during the encore because you could sense that it was going to be really bad and, hey, if you leave a minute early, it was actually easy too get out. It looks like people have harped on many of our issues already and getting in to the concert was a backed up mess, but our biggest issue was all the seats in the reserved section are on flat ground. So it was totally fine for the opening act while lots of people were sitting but as soon as everyone stood up, then only the tallest 5 or 10 % of people could see and no one else could see anything. I am assuming with all the great acts coming to Thunder Ridge, they are going to work on fixing this...not sure how, but it is currently not great to go to a concert and not be able to see at all. Maybe they will make the stage a lot higher... I have no idea, but it isn't good.

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Beautiful landscape. Clean and nice place. A lot of hills to walk. Great place to hold the SMX playoffs

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What kind of bullshit is not being able to bring seats for lawn seating? You can only use their $50 rental chairs....

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Worst venue for a concert! Entry was a poorly run with no clear lines..Oversold Cody Johnson, poor lighting, tripping hazards and not safe!

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Horrible parking. Very unorganized. Extreme pricing with in the venue. Expect hours to exit.

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