The Mesa Arts Center is a clean modern place to see a variety of concerts and performances.  Almost all the seats are great, and it is set up well for quality sound throughout the building. The area around the facility downtown is improving as well. Overall this building is recommended for a fun experience.
Went to see our favorite artist last night (Gregory Alan Isakov) and were a little disappointed. Beautiful and clean building and we'll forever love Greg but we didn't love the venue. The acoustics were off, the seating was strange (hard to see and hear) and rather than fostering a welcoming visit the whole ordeal felt really rushed.
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MAC is a great venue. Matthew Morrison was kinda boring though. The song choices sounded the same throughout the night. I almost wished he would stop singing and let the symphony play. The symphony was amazing. I would definitely go see them again. Great talent.
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Been coming here for years. Many shows here and never a disappointment. Great seats all around. Great prices. Great restaurants near by. I recommend coming here even if it's just to walk around. They have free outdoor shows often. I love my experience here.
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My favorite theater in Phoenix! Relatively new, and part of an arts complex with multiple theaters classes and loads of events throughout the year. Theater has no bad seats and the events are super fun. Come by and spend some $$in downtown Mesa. Also the Light Rail that goes here too.
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Great place to see some interesting art, but only cell phones (no flash) pictures are allowed. The Phoenix Art Museum allows non-flash pictures with regular cameras and is a great place to get some interesting, unique pictures. It is sad the Mesa Arts Center is not as open to editorial photography as its larger counterpart.
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I love the Mesa Arts Center. The concert halls and displays that come through are always great. Plus the facility itself is really top notch and very well updated. Hopefully downtown will continue to revive a bit and match the quality of the Arts Center as the city continues to help develop a healthy and thriving downtown.
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No lie, I'd pay $20 more to see a concert here than I'd pay at 99% of the venues I've been to. Clean, booming sounds with crisp highs and lovely mids throughout the Fiona Apple show only make me wish more bands I love would come through Mesa.
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Horrible seating very very disappointed at the show for The Who's line is it anyway and very very disappointed since I'll show you the attachment photo of my view of the stage and what I can see the ikeda theater has horrible balcony seating. Stay away from seats 3,4 balcony 11.
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