I was a recent fan of McMenamins, especially the E...

I was a recent fan of McMenamins, especially the Edgefield location. Until today. We got tickets to see a concert, and our tickets specified that doors opened at 5. So we arrived just before 5. To a MASSIVE, ill-managed line. The line was so ridiculous, it wound up to the very farthest point of the property. No joke. Once we got in line, we realized that the end of the line was MUCH MUCH closer to the entrance than walking all the way up the line like everyone was doing, which was completely unnecessary, had one of the 'Crowd Management' employees done any directing whatsoever. We were in line for over an hr, once we got to the top. Then, after we get through the pointless metal detectors, we're told that food and drinks were cash only. Not mentioned anywhere during the ticket transaction or follow-up emails. And we were starving, and not about to go out for cash, and have to go back through the line. So, we were very hangry.
So. Beware. If you are there for a concert, it's going to be ridiculously overcrowded and take forever to get sub par seats. I won't do it again. I'd rather buy assigned seating in an arena. They have much better crowd management.