Tamara Mendes

Review of Allen Event Center

I was having a great time until I was singled out ...

I was having a great time until I was singled out multiple times by the people who work at the event center. I recorded a song not knowing recording wasn t allowed. Was told by one of them to stop recording. Now mind you there wasn t any announcements or signage anyone saw about not recording. And I was confused because you could CLEARLY see dozens of people around me doing the same but they weren t told to stop. However, I said okay and moved on to pictures. The same woman working there comes within an inch of me and tells me to stop recording again about 15 minutes later. I wasn t recording! I was taking pictures. She said I couldn t take pictures, meanwhile everyone around me was blatantly recording or taking photos. I got upset and went to talk to another worker. She said the same thing, but when I pointed around and she could see everyone else using their phone cameras, she said I could take pictures but not with flash. I never used the flash. I was stopped again back at my seat once a half hour went by by the male worker who was standing next to the same female worker that was harassing me. (Btw, she was staring at me for most of the show) and he said to stop recording And asked to see my phone! I wasn t about to do that, and he said it was the way I was holding my phone! Literally a lady sitting like 6 seats down from me on the front row was blatantly recording a full set. Later she told me she worked security at at&t stadium and if there is no announcement, they can t enforce it. That she was waiting for them to say something to her. But they never did. I felt watched for most of the show. The music was great though.