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Queuing For Your Seat is 90 minutes
We went to the Billie Eilish Concert 23rd July excited to see her and see the relatively new venue. Billie was amazing!!!! However, the whole experience getting into the venue pretty much ruined the night. We arrived early to park in the blue car park at 4.30pm and to wonder into Manchester for an hour before the concert. We saw lots of people queuing and thinking that was for the standing section - BIG MISTAKE to assume that! We came back at 6.30 to get into the venue to see the support act at 7pm to be told to join the queue for section D - No problem till you turn the corner and realise the queue is over half a mile long wrapping around The Etihad Stadium!!!!!!! 1 hour 30 minutes later we entered the venue everyone stressed they were going to miss the beginning of the concert, never mind completely missing the support act!!!!! There was no one at the seating section to guide you to the seats, which is needed as there are hardly any signs once you're in the section. You literally have to fumble to your seats (3 different couples of two had to be moved during the concert, as they were all in their wrong seats due to the poor signage). At this point we were all hot and bothered and basically got hotter and hotter in there making it unbearable to the point I nearly fainted at the end of the concert. Speaking to the steward they all said that it's always like this at a sell out concert. We would basically have to get there at 5.30pm (Billie on at 8.15pm) just to queue for 1 hour and 30 minutes to see the support act - oh but wait, the doors don't open till 6pm!!!!!!!! Needless to say will NEVER see anyone at this venue again!