Red Rock!? The Greatest Venue?!

At Red Rocks pre gaming is almost a must, in all of the different lots and there are quite a few, groups surround their cars and blaring the headliners main tunes. This is one of the best parts of seeing a show at Red Rocks. The parking lots feel like little communities and a good place to meet some new friends. You can explore and walk to the different lots where more music is being blasted and more people are getting crazy. After you have had enough partying and want to get the show on the road you have to walk up the extremely steep and long ramp to the entrance. This is the only negative thing about Red Rocks but if you cant buck up and do a little hiking then you will never see the glory of the amphitheater. As you are walking up the enormous ramp to get to the entrance the first thing you notice is the scene around you. To the North are the goliath red rocks that surround the amphitheater and to the East is the gorgeous view of the city and the rest of Colorado. As the Sun is setting behind you and is casts a gorgeous red and orange light on the rocks the feeling is euphoric. The sun amplifies the color of the rocks and in a sense signals the beginning of the evening shenanigans. As you continue the light shows begin and are visible but they look like a haphazard flashing of different colors, but once you get closer the music becomes distinguishable and the miscellaneous lights start to match the beat. The excitement builds as you wait in line, because the amphitheater and the melting faces of all the college kids finally becomes visible.  Once inside the beat takes over. The only thing you have to do is find a spot.  Another aspect of Red Rocks thats perfect is the amount of seating space available. Unless you are at an electronic festival like Global then seating or standing wont be a problem. As you get comfortable and the music is blasting something strange happens. You take a look around and see that everyone is just like you, jumping and throwing that infamous tomahawk chop, and there is a sense of sheer happiness that is felt from the energy in the amphitheater. Nothing is like it. The criteria that makes Red Rocks the best concert venue in the world are first the acoustics. Its very hard to describe how amazing the sounds are when you are between the twin giant Red Rocks. Its almost as if the rocks make the music sound like it should be or that the artists made their beats to be played in the amphitheater. The second criteria is the view from the seats, the city is easily visible and the panoramic view is out of this world. No matter where you are in the amphitheater the music and scene is perfect and that leads me to the last criteria, there is literally not a bad seat in the house. The last concert I attended we started out in the middle of the crowd, then slowly moved our way to the left and the experience did not change even slightly. We eventually made our way to the front of the amphitheater and even then we still had enough room to jump around. Overall the venue is out of this world and there might even be evidence that aliens actually created the red rocks so that we could experience music the way it should be experienced.