Arbythree, Tulsa (8/19/2009 12:28:09 PM)

With progress there will always be a few kinks to iron out.

Carrie, Tulsa (8/19/2009 12:31:49 PM)

5. Be prepared to have purses and bags searched, have tickets out and ready and ID at hand.

Since when do you have to show an ID to be admitted to a concert?

c10, somewhere over the rainbow (8/19/2009 12:32:07 PM)

Rod Stewart plays tomorrow night not tonight :-) I've already got tickets!!!

im4osu, Broken Arrow (8/19/2009 12:32:06 PM)

Really, this is nothing new, Tulsa is a great city but we are way behind the times obviously.

im4osu, Broken Arrow (8/19/2009 12:33:24 PM)

There is always kinks to work out when a new kind of sandwich comes out at arby's too.

Sarah Hart, Scene assistant ed, Tulsa (8/19/2009 12:34:36 PM)

Thanks c10. Got it fixed.

Arbythree, Tulsa (8/19/2009 12:35:34 PM)

What do you mean we? Mr. Broken Arrow.

Observer3, (8/19/2009 12:36:16 PM)

The Rod Stewart concert isn't tonight, it's tomorrow night (Thursday), so I hope no one will be headed downtown tonight as mentioned at the beginning of this article.

HOGRIDER, BA (8/19/2009 12:41:09 PM)

This is overkill.......Just like TSA.

Ric, Broken Arrow (8/19/2009 12:47:02 PM)

Tulsa has not had a large gathering spot that funnels everyone in at one place that I know of.
ORU has the facility but I believe you can enter or exit at different areas on the building. The BOK is like standing in line at your favorite hot dog stand to get in, it's going to take a while. I guess the design could have included a different entry and exit way.

I have seen Rod before in OKC, great concert!!!

baddoctorsforoklahoma, (8/19/2009 12:48:32 PM)

One of the kinks to be worked out would be opening the doors on time which did not happen Monday night and maybe even a little earlier for the "big name" acts. Based upon the time the doors opened, there was no way the show was going to begin at 7:30 pm as the ticket said. The arena was only half full at that time.

allsum, Tulsa (8/19/2009 12:52:01 PM)

I like how they snuck litl wayne in there

Mar, Tulsa (8/19/2009 12:55:55 PM)

Ric, please read. The article mentioned 3 ways of getting into the BOK, depending if you already have tickets, etc.

Also the article states it is up to the musician as to what kind of security is used. So don't complain about the long waits and blame it on the BOK Center.

Carrie, to answer your question: "...Since when do you have to show an ID to be admitted to a concert?" Sad to say, since we have all kinds of nut jobs running loose and also possible terrorists that could do harm to the musician or to the public.

im4osu, Broken Arrow (8/19/2009 12:57:21 PM)

What does the word we mean arby?

TK1, (8/19/2009 12:57:37 PM)

Hogrider, one nut already shot a Beatle, it seems like taking some extra precautions to protect McCartney and the fans was prudent. The show started a little late, but anybody that was there would argue that McCartney out performed all expectations.

Ric, Broken Arrow (8/19/2009 1:02:01 PM)

Mar

Oops, your right. Thanks

RedGloves, Tulsa (8/19/2009 1:11:25 PM)

Wanding and searching are understandable. The way the BOK did it is not.

And if you're going to hold up 17,000 people just to say you had security, have it. They had about 3 purse searchers, but all in a row that each of us had to pass.

The first checked my purse. The second also asked to, but when I told her it had already been searched, she waved me in.

My son had keys in his pocket and the wand beeped him. the security guy said, "Belt Buckle?" My son, hot and tired, answered, "Yes" and was waved on through.

That crowd worried me. The way stuff was arranged, everyone from every direction kept funneling into an area that got tighter and tighter.

If people had known what was going on, say if they had multiple roped off lines each leading to a wander and purse looker each, we probably could have gotten in much faster and with less stress.

The concert was awesome, by the way, but the manager of the BOK needs to take responsiblity and make changes.

irwindale, Tulsa (8/19/2009 1:17:57 PM)

What no one in the world could have expected an increase(cost to taxpayers) in security. Those who did not forsee this expense, I would say are rookies at event management and planning. Possible slight of hand by those pushing the center in the first place.

HardHeartedHanna, (8/19/2009 1:57:10 PM)

Does anyone believe that it would have been even remotely impossible to get a bomb in there that night, even with the intense, onerous security? They are just selling the fear.

We need to remember that WE are the customers and WE demand more respect that we received the other night!

How many people did not pass the searches?

Would they tell us there was a threat if there had been one? Certainly not until after they earned our money.

It is interesting that exactly one year after they had obviously pulled all the stops to make going to a concert very organized and safe, they give up and let it go to the dogs. What a night to do so.

I will probably not return. Between the fees, and the giving up of my constitutional rights, they can just sell tickets to the TSA people and see how they like it. What is next, strip searches? interrogations? a naked people line?

Sorry, this is a concert not the white house. If they can't accomodate the people they overcharged any better than to have them waiting in line for an hour and starting an hour late, then I wasted my money on the BOK center and Bolton needs to step down and let someone from a big city take over.

Where was the communication that they would be opening the doors late? Or that they were searching people?

The concert was great, but I will be much more discerning about who I am willing to strip for in the future!

thatsall, Tulsa (8/19/2009 2:03:53 PM)

Thank you for explaining. Far too many people would rather blame and complain than understand the reasoning. Very few concerts I've been to have started on time. If it's a good show there is a crowd. If it's a big name there is extra security. That's how it goes. If you can't accept some sort of inconvenience or unexpected something, stay home and wait for it to be on TV, someone else will buy your ticket.

yhoghuhrt, (8/19/2009 2:12:12 PM)

HEY ... baddoctorsforoklahoma ... and
HardHeartedHanna ... Can you two read?
The venue was READY AND WAITING TO OPEN. Sir Paul's sound check went long so doors didn't open on time. The ARTISTS essentially rent out the venue. Doors open when THEY are ready, not when the venue is ready. It sucks, but that's the way it is.


And Carrie ... IDs are used for everyone picking up tickets, purchasing tickets or buying alcohol, among other things. It happens at concerts EVERY SINGLE TIME at EVERY SINGLE VENUE that has live concerts in Tulsa. I always keep mine close for easy access. It saves time for everyone.

jhjs2008, Tulsa (8/19/2009 3:19:53 PM)

HardHeartedHanna - The doors did not open because PM was on the stage sound checking. Security was for the saftey of the artist and fans. Do you really think the BOK Center does not want people in the building eating, drinking and buying merch. Your constitutional rights were violated that made me laugh out loud....are you serious??? Please stay home from now on and live in your bubble. Also I think you need to change your picture. "I just hate stupid people"...hummm BOK Center has done an excellent job! Congrats!

HardHeartedHanna, (8/19/2009 4:24:25 PM)

Glad to know I could entertain you. Also glad to know there are still people out there that will accept any kind of service, at any price. Please keep paying the high fees for zero consideration. There is a name for those kinds of people, W.C. Fields called them suckers. One born every minute, and two to take them.

And just because it happens somewhere else, that doesn't justify it happening here.

HardHeartedHanna, (8/19/2009 5:25:50 PM)

look at the fees, multiply times 18,000, then tell me you got your money's worth waiting for 3 minimum wage temporary workers to look in your purse.

fumblerooski, tulsa (8/19/2009 5:27:33 PM)

amazing--security checks at a concert but gun toting Republicans can gain admittance to Obama's town hall meetings. I have no problems with security checks and believe NO ONE should be allowed guns in the presence of the POTUS> heck protesters weren't allowed on the same side of the street when Cheney came to town.