El Corazon

GREAT SMALL VENUE!!!. Im taking the time to create an account just to let people know that the staff at el corazone were helpful & very friendly and very patient with any unruly people i witnessed - the place is hot and stinky by the end of the nif=ght but a GREAT VENUE to see your favorite band up close and personal. I have subtracted a star for bathrooms which are no better than all other bar/music venues around... i did hear a lot of problems wiht forgotten / expired IDs tho NO EXCEPTIONS etc....

Just be prepared to rub elbows and smell the humanity in this place in trade for a great show.

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El Corazon has no heart!. Bands should really stop playing there. In addition to being old, tired, and crappy, the place really doesn't treat band right and they really don't do anything to help local talent. It's a total pay-to-play setup, and you get jack for your efforts. An example: I know a band that was offered a measly $50 to play a set there opening for a big metal band on an international tour, and the tickets were going for more than $25 bucks! Times that by 400 metalheads, and the club sold $10,000 of tickets that night, not to mention sales at the bar. Pay that low is an insult to bands and artists, but is typical of many clubs in Seattle. El Corazon definitely sets the pace in the race to the bottom.…

BATHROOMS!. I hated it! The staff were nothing but complete dickholes.. If you have ever been there and used the restrooms you would notice that the walls are completely covered in writing from many people who have been there for YEARS! You think if they really didnt want to people to write on them you would uhh one make a sign, or two paint over it. Honestly who would know that it was not okay to keep doing it. Anyways, I made the mistake by writing nothing bad but " may the peace be with you" on there bathroom walls as one the employees walks by and yells "GET THE F*** OUT". At first i thought he was kidding was going to say just f***ing with ya after i got to the door where i realized not only was he the only dickweed that worked there but yet the WHOLE staff was. i will never bring any business back to that venue ever. I understand tagging it bad and would never do it if i didnt think it was okay. They could of atleast asked nicely and atleast understood where I was coming from with the confusion.…

I had a good experience. I went here on July 9th to see The Maine. It was going to be almost 90 degrees so I was thinking "oh great, this is going to be horrible." And I had read a lot of really suckish reviews beforehand so I really wasn't expecting anything too great. So, I got there and was waiting in line and the security guard really wasn't rude at all. He was pretty friendly actually. I got in and saw it was really small. But I know that even if I had went back as far as I could've then I probably would've been able to have still a great view so that was a plus. Luckily, I bought water before the show because it was really hot. But, what I really liked was since it was so hot, they were passing around ice,cold water bottles throughout the crowd and sprayed everyone down with a hose which was obviously greatly appreciated. A lot of people said the sound system sucked but I found it pretty good. It wasn't like at other concerts were it would be so loud I thought my eardrums were literally going to burst. I didn't find it too soft either and could clearly hear everything that was said on stage. So overall, I'd say this was a pretty good venue. I didn't go to the bar though,obviously, so I wouldn't know anything about that. I don't know if the people were nicer because there were lots of teenage girls there or if it would've even made a difference but, I really liked it. They don't really have the greatest air conditioning but really, how air conditioned can you be cramped in a super small venue filled with over 800 people? I would think not very much. The heat was pretty much the only con so I really liked it. I don't know why everyone hates this place so much. I know I'm going to hate going to another concert and not being as close to the band as I was at El Corazon. That was probably my favorite part.…