Salinas Sports Complex

Had fun at Aerosmith. Paid for assigned seat only I couldn’t sit there. Some folks on the larger side should have paid for 2 seats. My girlfriend and I had about 6 inches of space total for us to try to sandwich in. We were lucky there was room in the grandstand for us to sit in another row. Had to get an over 21 bracelet on and buy drink tickets BEFORE getting in line to buy a drink. The lines are 20 minutes long for a drink so don’t skip this step! $ 10 for a drink ticket. Paid $ 20 for a double shot of vodka and a splash of cran. Fresh hot churros in the grandstand. I like this place and would definitely come for another show but big frowny face on the seating.

Can I give NO stars?! This place deserves it! The venue is so poorly managed, I will never go back. Just saw Aerosmith last night and paid top dollar for «Center Circle VIP» seats as this was my boyfriends favorite band of all time… From the beginning of the concert, people were in our row, in our space, on top of our seats… And Security did NOTHING! I paid to be 4 rows back from the band and instead of seeing Steven Tyler, I got to stare at 10 rows of people’s phones taking photons and videos and being bumped by people in my paid for spot.
A venue should not charge top dollar if they are not going to provide the quality they are charging for.
Dirt floors, fold up chairs, no crowd control, people arguing over invasion of their space, no parking control, coors for $ 10 and no other beer available. NEVER AGAIN.

First time visit to see Aerosmith. We got the cheap grandstand seats and thank goodness we did. When I saw on Facebook them smoothing down the dirt, knew this was THE outdoor arena for the rodeo’s. I joked that we at least have the non’manure seats:)
Back to the venue. $ 25 bucks to park. Eh ok. Entry was lackadaisical. No pat downs. No searching of your bags, just give them your ticket and your in. ALL alcoholic drinks are $ 10, beer or mixed. The place is managed by the Rodeo/​Locals so don’t expect SAP or Niner’s type professionally managed concessions. Do expect long lines for everything! Remember you are not dealing with professional drink pourers so eh. The food ‘stands’ or trucks are local of taquerias, fair type food, churros and some damn good homemade churros at that. Fried calamari, artichokes, fish and chips. Ladies, especially those that love the five inch shoes in your hoochey clothes… nah ah. If your seats are up in the grandstands expect a workout girls getting up on the metal steps while trying to get your drink on. Surely not great on dirt floor either.
Hence who knew this outdoor Rodeo jaunt would be just a fabulous place for a concert. Every seat was a winner with the huge screen graphics that were amazing. I just wished it was more organized as could deal with everything else. Otherwise had a fabulous time!!!

Went to order tickets for the rodeo this year from the redo website and it sent me to the motocross. I didn’t notice the month was different and paid for the tickets. When I got to the rodeo they said it was the wrong tickets. When I asked if I could return them they said no and handed me the motocross tickets. I asked if a manager could help and all I was told was no sorry. If you would like rodeo ticket you can wait in line. I tries to preorder for 12 people and from there site and no help. I tried to dispute the charges and nothing they would not allow the bank to help. Worst customer service ever. I lost out on over 100.00. I wish they would review there policy. Very disappointed!

I helped at one of the booths during the California Rodeo. The food was really pricey! and the portions weren’t all that great. On my first day I had a spicy chicken rice bowl that was decent but not worth the $ 12. My second day BBQ tri-​tip sandwich at $ 9 was more filling but still lacked in flavor (and tasted kind of like cardboard).
There are a lot of nice folks at the Rodeo though, but I met my fair share of rude people too. You can consume alcohol in the stadium, but as expected the beer’s expensive.
Overall the event is pretty lively with a Kid’s Corral, mechanical bull, song and dance and other attractions — I didn’t really get to see the main event, but the crowds sure lined up for it. Kids and their parents really enjoyed what the California Rodeo had to offer, and there were plenty of quality merchants selling great Western wear for all you cowgirls and cowboys. Woody from Toy Story walked around, and even Rodeo Mickey Mouse… it was a lot of fun.
Parking for vendors was $ 10 and faraway, but if you have a big pickup they’d probably just let you in the front lot (as they did my co-​worker). Be careful not to park in the surrounding private lots for shopping malls and other businesses — you might get towed!
C+/B– pricey (but expected), good family fun.
* A woman brought my attention to the unethical and abusive treatment of bulls at the rodeo — including practices like glittering and shocking testicles. I will not allow her views to influence this review, because I haven’t really looked into the issue myself — but it should be something any rodeo-​goer should keep in mind.

Visited this place for a semi-​pro football game this past weekend. Its the Spartans home field.
Great complex and very very clean (hopefully they’ll be able to keep that up). They serve Famous Dave’s bbq which is great because who doesn’t like bbq? However I approached the snack area to grab a water (possibly some bbq) and asked if they take a card, the woman replied nicely with a no cash only. I usually never carry cash anymore these days so I had to settle with just a water as I only had $ 3 on me because you had to pay cash to get into the game as well. Any how I go to watch the game and they kept announcing over the loud speakers that there was a bar in the stadium and they served some alcohol (great beer and bbq? how could you go wrong) so I walked over to see if they accepted a card and they didn’t however they women told me there was an ATM by the entrance. Low and behold there it was an ATM, if I had known about this ATM when I spoke with the first woman they would have received a lot more of my business. There only downfall was not notifying of the ATM machine. Other than that long boring story this place is great very friendly and helpful the security staff and the workers.

This place is cool! And very clean for a sporting event location! But they need to accept cards at the snack bar and they have this horrible water leak problem and my son fell in a huge puddle so definitely need to get that fixed!

Park nearby, SEAT YOURSELF and bring own snacks! Just came back from Monster Jam at the Complex. The layout is fine, the complex is nice, etc. but teenagers as all the employees is a big mistake. Parking direction off main road was a nightmare with blocks of traffic and NO ONE directing. Of course 10 attendants were clustered together in the parking lot waving us on once we got in. Meanwhile, once seated, the nice old man next to us was bumped for being in the wrong seat even though he was seated by an employee. Guess what? We were bumped 10 minutes later for being in the wrong section and we were also originally seated by an employee. After I asked someone to walk me to the correct section, this new teen attendant brought me to 4 empty seats and told me to sit there. They were not our seats and the show was sold out. I said I wasn’t going to move again once the ticket holders showed up. I was becoming enraged (we had 2 toddlers with us during this move) but my husband quickly found our seats. Whew! The sections were not clearly marked at all once you get through the tunnel. Also, cotton candy was $ 15 for a small bag. It was the one confection I wanted to buy, but the price was too high. We were so disappointed.

It does the job, it got packed. I do not care for anything the complex offers but it is kept up well.
The highschool football kids as parking attendants is a REALLY REALLY stupid idea, they suck.