@sandyf, I did one of those large venues on Thursday. It's a great shop if it's an artist you want to see and you are a drinker, but the security protocols in this day & age are starting to make the large venues undesirable to go to. It was over a 1-hour wait to got through the magnetometers and into the show...but I guess that's why they are being shopped.
I've been requesting earplugs on my recent hotel shops in preparation for the concert assignments. Most of the discussion with the bar staff are in mime. It's kinda like Charades. Luckily I drink Kettle One and not Wild Turkey