Alaska Airlines Center Concerts

For the commencement ceremony, I was turned away from the security checkpoint for having a bag the size of a Harry Potter book, yet they allowed backpacks, several totebags, and even a rolling carry-on—all of which my bag could have easily fit into—with no issue. The rule was that any bag larger than a clutch or not clear can’t be brought in. Yet these pictures show that the event staff at the entrance is unable to enforce its own bag policy reliably and simply cherry picks random bags so as to look like they’re doing their jobs. Look at the bags in these photos. Can the Alaska Airlines Center honestly say that they enforced their “clutch or clear” bag policy? Can a security team that flouts its own rules be trusted to ensure no contraband passes through its doors?

November 3rd, 2023 Was great. Attended a college basketball game between Alaska Sewolves and the California Keelhaulers Teams here.

Drove the students to the college basketball game. Was fun. If course there's a food stand. Had the pretzels with cheese. Was very good though needed more cheese. Haha

This Alaska Airlines stadium is updated and very nice. Be careful when parking because even though it’s not we’ll marked, you will get a ticket for parking lot closest to the front door. Concession stands were nice, Popcorn was OK and soda was OK as well. Overall, the stadium could use some more attendance, so maybe some more marketing or somehow bring in some more fans to make the sport game come alive but overall it was great!

The facility is amazing. Really cool. It seems to run on bare bones staffing. The concessions food is pretty bad and the production and events stuff is terrible. There's all this cool equipment and it's barely used. It's kind of a bummer, because you can tell there's a lot of potential if their was some good staff who cares about running the place.