For my husband’s birthday I bought tix to Alice in Chains and after a lovely dinner we arrived at Metro Centre where we were allowed to enter, buy shirts, drinks and THEN told to leave. Because after buying our merch and drinks we were suddenly drunk. Apparently they had been “watching us” since we came in. Really? Then why let us us in? What the hell Metro Centre? Thank you for ruining my sweet husband’s birthday. Did you know my husband had a triple bypass two years ago and three years ago he actually quit smoking and drinking and number one on his bucket list was seeing Alice in Chains in concert? This is RIDICULOUS. We are the people you keep saying you want to come downtown. Yes, please, nice middle-aged people with incomes, please come taxi in from outer space areas like Hammonds Plains and Sackville and come drink, play downtown and buy tickets to events so we can arrest your asses and deprive you out of tickets you paid for. Halifax means business. —She
This article appears in Aug 28 – Sep 3, 2014.
I would have wanted to be kicked out of that show. Without Layne, there is nothing to see (or hear).
But it is unfortunate to hear of your evening.
Am sure they didn’t know about that triple-diple. Nor did they clue in that he quit his vices. Unless, of course, they hire psychics.
Or maybe you were more smashed than you realized? Anyway, if its that important fly to wherever their next show is.
It’s a sad fact of life in our post-9/11 world that claiming to have “come to snuff the rooster”, even in jest, will be taken seriously by law enforcement.
What part of zero tolerance don’t you get.
As usual, my fellow commenters are so quick to pound the shit out of the OP. Why is it that we are one of the only cities that has terrible, power hungry, cop wannabee event security? It’s the same at the bars too. Just plain stupid.
The real reason you were asked to leave was that the show, “Alice in Chains,” was reserved only for sado-masochists.
No one made you live in outerspace areas; please don’t take your vitriol out on us urbanites. And if you weren’t so drunk, they wouldn’t have had to kick you out (unfortunately, hubby too). Should’ve thought of his heart before your “whine”…
I side with OP. Really slimy to let you buy stuff and then leave. They should have told you you couldn’t come in if they felt you were too drunk.
you actually wanted to see this, fuck, i would rather have my toenails ripped out.
I would’ve fought with them. If you want drunk and disorderly… I’m not above shooting some leche at a bitch.
Just kidding, I am.