The Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino Concerts 2025

I've been to a PGA US Open, I've seen my Giants play several times, had the chance to watch my favorite baseball player, K.G. Jr, playing the Yankees with my feet rested on the Reds dug-out, went to a NASCAR race where I had V.I.P. meet and greet Jeff Gordon tickets. I've seen some pretty cool shows at great venues. Last night was my son's and my first time watching a professional boxing event, and my 1st time at Turning Stone Resort and Casino Event Center. The atmosphere here was like nothing I've ever experienced. The way everything was set up was 100% for the fans. The accessibility and interactions we had with not only the fighters but the stars that were in attendance was unbelievable, to say the least. In the first 15 minutes that we were there, my son had pictures and birthday wishes from one of the greatest boxers of all times daughter and grandson and got his picture taken and birthday wishes from one of the founding members of Hip Hop music. It was the best entertainment I've ever witnessed. To think of how far Ray Halbritter and staff have come from a little bingo hall, gas station, and go-cart track on Rt. 45 to hosting the biggest sports and Hollywood icons is unbelievable.

Went for Carrie Underwood concert. Carrie was fabulous. If you get a chance to see her in concert, go! The seats were terrible. Too close together, but I guess that's how the casino gets in as many people as possible there.

This venue is an absolute gem! Not only is it conveniently located, but it has an abundance of FREE parking spaces. It's a great choice for any event, especially concerts. I wholeheartedly recommend!

Welcome to The Event Center! We've jammed 5,000 people into a venue that fits 4,000! The seats are as brutally uncomfortable as any seat I've ever sat in. Imagine an airplane but the seats are cinder blocks. The rows are so tight, if you have to get up the entire row has to file out to let you through. It's impossible to get out of get comfortable. Your neck and back will be on fire as you look left (or right) for 3 hours straight. There are 2 people running the drink concessions stand for the entire venue. It's an hour wait in a line that wraps around the venue as two young women work furiously to serve 5,000 people. They might have a chance if they could just take money and hand you a bottle but every drink must be emptied into a cup creating twice the waste and twice the time to serve each individual. You'll lock your phone in a bag and need to get in unlocked on the way out. However if you think not bringing a phone at all will expedite your exit it won't. Everyone has to go through the bag unlock people. The overall herding of everyone into and out of the venue was pretty reasonable. A giant crowd of people moving very slowly went as smoothly as it could have. Overall it's one of the only venues locally to see big name acts (we saw Kevin Hart on Mother's Day), but it's cramped and uncomfortable. Five stars for the caliber of shows they bring in and the overall organization, but minus three stars because everything else is a mess. They need 2 or 3 more drink and food stations, or roaming concessions because leaving your seat is nearly impossible.

We saw the Tim Jones show and it was awesome. The sound was great. The issue we had was the seating. Our seats were in a great location but they are trying to fit too many people in a row and the seats are too small. Being the TS where everything is top notch we were shocked about the seating. So in all the show and the sound was great but the seating was cramped and uncomfortable.