Reactions from Excision's 'Thunderdome' Event Night 1: 3+ Hour Waits & Understaffed Venue

Last night in Tacoma, Washington was day 1 of Excision’s Thunderdome event. With support from artists including Champagne Drip, Blunts & Blondes, Trampa, and more, unfortunately, many fans who purchased tickets were unable to see some of the artists that they came for. According to social media, there was an alleged error on either Ticketmaster or the venue’s side of things, resulting in extremely long wait lines at will call.

Thunderdome will call: It is extremely frustrating as Ticketmaster should have sent 2 day passes as etickets or individual tickets. The venue has added extra staff to will call and more security to stop line cutting.

— Excision (@Excision) February 1, 2020

According to Excision, the venue added extra staff to accommodate the long wait times, but fans were still left outside, with some saying they stood outside for over 3 hours.

Staffpro is saying its all ur fault and you have the tour set up this way for the whole thing
I lost all feeling in my feet standing outside for 3 hours and missed the people i was most excited for

— LUNA😈😈 (@luna_sinrock) February 1, 2020

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. We are about to miss SIX ENTIRE SETS.

— ＴＡＹ☆ (@whatupptayy) February 1, 2020

I’m sorry some of you had to wait so long and I’m just as upset as you guys are. We’re told this won’t be a problem for tomorrow once everyone has picked up their tickets.

— Excision (@Excision) February 1, 2020

To attempt to remedy the situation, he did extend set times towards the end of the night. Instead of playing until 1am, Excision was able to get the venue to agree to an extra hour set that ended at 2am. However, even after this was announced, guests replied back to the same tweet thread with videos of hundreds of people standing in line (STILL) while it started to rain.

It’s starting to rain…. pic.twitter.com/Eef8OQClvG

— jayda_pdx (@ReignStormi) February 1, 2020

Hopefully night 2 of the Thunderdome sees some improvements!

 

No, I’m still standing here with the same people maybe 10 yards from where we started like we have been for 3 HOURS. I do not care at this point about seeing this show. We’ve missed most sets and it’s starting to RAIN.

— April (@ninjakittehhhh) February 1, 2020

90% of us ARE NOT IN. This is not the truth. This is not okay. ITS RAINING AND THERES SO MANY OF US pic.twitter.com/H0bjRRbPrV

— sam (@samoakes_) February 1, 2020

@TacomaDome People need refunds for today it’s freezing and starting to rain on everyone outside. That’s fucked

— 𝒜𝓈𝒽 (@curly_quincy) February 1, 2020

Featured image via artist Facebook page.