The Barker Hangar

EVENT: Vevo Certified 2015 ft. 5 Seconds of Summer
SEATS: GA
OVERVIEW
* View: ⁸⁄₁₀ | close to the barrier but on the far right side of the audience
* Traffic: ⁸⁄₁₀ | nothing bad if you are patient enough to wait half an hour or so before leaving
* Ticket Prices: event was free
* Parking: ⁸⁄₁₀ | easy parking
* Staff: ⁸⁄₁₀ | got us pumped, this event was handled by 1iota
DETAILS
The lines were confusing because there were multiple lines and we were afraid of going in the wrong (non-​priority) line. The venue was very large and spacious, I didn’t know it could reach 2,000+ people. The sound of the music could be heard outside and it sounded amazing when the music echoed during the show.

I was here for the kids choice awards 2015 and let me just say. I walked the Orange carpet because I was on Nickelodeon, and the place in insane! So many people came up to me and so many fans lurking the place to meet us! I hope for the best next year!

This is a great concert venue. I was here for the evolution tour mercedes benz sponsored. I had a blast. And the way the place was set up was awesome. Stage on one side, art exhibits and vendors on the edge. a VIP area in the back… it was dope.

We attended a Mercedes Benz event here featuring Alabama Shakes and Young The Giant. Awesome venue, plentiful parking, really well organized.
I’m not sure if organization of the event is dependent on the event hosts or if it’s a collaboration between the event and the Barker Hanger but everything was flawless and amazing.
The lines to enter moved quickly, the restrooms outside were clean, the security guards were big and burly but nice and very elegantly attired. I felt like I was surrounded by Beyonce’s bodyguards.
Considering that there was an open bar, serving free drinks, nothing riotous happened. There was one incident during the concert when a overly drugged and intoxicated girl was flailing her limp self into a concerned crowd, the body guard scooped her up and set her aside with some water to make sure she was ok.
Classy affair all around but one could expect nothing less from Mercedes Benz. If this is how the Barker Hanger always operates call me a fan of this super cool venue.

Having a boxing event here was the best thing!
It def. feels like back in the days where you have boxing events without the super duper messy crowd!
Intimate enough to enjoy your peers and close enough to view the fight. There is no food there. so most events will have a food truck area.
Parking is tight but abundant. $ 20 for parking was excessive if you ask me, but hey you don’t have a choice or have to walk so far.
Enjoyed attending the boxing event here and def. will be back!

Ehh… I don’t know how to rate this place. It’s either this place sucks, or it’s the people hosting the event here that sucks. Anyways, I was here for the weekend. There was a jewelry show being held by a company named Intergem.
First of all, the place so big did not have proper working restaurants. They rented portable restrooms and put them outside. There were only 3 working restrooms for the entire building (inside). I’m guessing the show had maybe 150 exhibitors with 1 – 2 employees each. That’s 300 people in the building with 3 half set restrooms that suddenly worked and don’t work. What happens when the customers come in to walk? Well, everyone was asking for restrooms.
Parking was a disaster. A lot of people couldn’t find parking and left, I would have done the same.

Great Day Today! What a cool place to have an event. Lots of parking and very friendly staff. There were two areas for food — 1 inside the hangar and one outside (not super VIP). Music (a DJ Mix) playing throughout. Inside there were booths for shopping and outside lots of fun activities and more food and drinks.
Today’s event was Super Saturday LA to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Lots of celebs and plenty of fun. Did a bit of shopping myself — it’s for charity after all. A couple pair of shoes, a purse, a scarf, a dress…
We didn’t bring the pups this time, but next time for sure. Great dog friendly place.

Nice place to host a huge event. Go to a few events every year there. Holds a lot of events there. i would recommend this place for events.

I always enjoyed going to events at the Hangar. From concerts and dinners to sales and award and trade shows, it’s an interesting area to explore with some good restaurants nearby. Go early to find parking and you’ll have a great time!

I’ve been fortunate to come to the Barker Hangar for three non-​related events. What an amazing venue! This place is a grand space with some awesome acoustics… This is important if you like music! In short, if you need a space in which to entertain several hundred people while keeping it intimate… You’ve arrived; the Barker Hangar is Your place!

Thank you for being UNIQUE.
Came to this plane hangar for UNIQUE LA-​Summer edition! Love coming to these type of shows because it showcases various artists and their crafts such as jewelry, paintings, clothing, furniture, food and what not. Plus, I like support my friend’s sister and her jewelry line (Honey My Heart). So many adorable finds! From cute stationary, recycled wood into furniture, poster art work, clothing and customized necklaces, rings and more! I really enjoyed the artisan bread made with natural ingredients including flowers! Yup, flower power!
This was the first time I attended the summer edition and it is quite smaller than their other Unique USA events. I like it! Not that many vendors, but great place to meet new and amazing people. I loved that it was at this location because we got to see some planes fly by while eating at the food truck area. There were about 4 food trucks and all were pretty cool! I did not get to try them all, but everything smelled great! Definitely, a great place to spend money on some UNIQUE finds and socialize. Each unique event has a photo booth by Oh Snap studio and this year’s theme was comic super hero… had tons of fun pretending to be models… er, heroes!

I came here for the Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair.
Beautiful place to throw 30 galleries in one place.

I had the privilege of attending The Critic’s Choice Movie Awards 2013 at this venue.
There is always something cool and eclectic about a hangar, which would make any event a special one. The large overhead space is necessary to prevent claustrophobia
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The venue restrooms are small & dated.
For this event, they added Star Trailer Restrooms so you know more restrooms are needed for a big event.

SO RANDOM!!! Went to the Adidas tent sale over the weekend and it was just BAH! The line wrapped around the whole inside, it was just weird. I have heard of the other sales they host here and I guess I’ll have to go another one, something that is more organized because this was just like «I don’t even know what’s going on right now!!!»
I do think they should host a HUGE ass club like party (some project X type shit haha) that would be awesome and I would totally come to that !!!
&& that’s it :] !!!

OK, so I went here for the Sanrio 50^th Anniversary bash (preview night) — and I have to say… it was an AWESOME location for it. There was room to walk and breathe. I even saw Erik Estrada (he was a bit creepy), the kid Luke from Modern Family and Kimora Lee.
Inside the hanger was a Sanrio themed Ferris wheel, Miniature Golf, vendors — food, art, etc and they even had food trucks outside.
I’m not quite sure what other events go on the Barker Hanger — maybe Brangelina parks their private jet in this hanger? …well I’m hoping that Sanrio will come back for their 51^st Anniversary bash. ;)

Hello Kitty and Scions!
Been lucky to attend two free events here, the recent Sanrio event and earlier this year, the Unlock the Scion Event.
love how a hangar can totally be transformed into a fun party place!
if you have to pay for parking, as some events are, if the park is not full, my friend GK suggested snag a spot there if ur lucky or you can park in the residential off the main street.
I saw a couple of restaurants on the way walking to the hangar!

This is great for events, and this is more of a review for the place, rather than the events taking place here. I’ve been here a few times, twice for the Sanrio Small Gift Celebration, and a few times for Shopping (shecky’s) :)
I wished that it was closer, because it’s a sizable venue for events. I have to admit, whoever did the Sanrio event had some bombass bathrooms. They were port-​a-​potties, but shiz, it’s better than some bathrooms that I’ve been it. So A++ for that! :)
The event was well organized except for the parking. Why do I have to pay $ 10 every time I park here. It’s bad enough to pay, but I have to walk, and pretty far? wth? haha :) but it’s all good.

The Hello Kitty Retro 80s Prom last night was good times. It was $ 15 a ticket, reasonable I guess. That ticket only provided admission, but most real proms are the same way. I guess the only thing missing was the punch and buffet table. There was a crappy 80s cover band and a small area to dance (which never really took off), a long line to get into the gift shop, an interesting art gallery, game booths which required tickets ($ 2-​$ 10 each, most were $ 2). There was also miniature golf and a mini ferris wheel that also required tickets. The food truck selection outside was meh, and the Grilled Cheese Truck didn’t appear at 11:30 outside like promised. But all of that aside, I had a fantastic time with my friends taking pictures inside HK cars, against HK backdrops, and making HK sandart. Yogurtland was there giving out free insulated totes, and a HK character posed for pictures.
It was fun checking everyone out — lots of cute outfits. So many cute girls. No guys, obviously. I hope Small Gift has more themed parties in the future. Also a big high five to whoever handled restroom rentals — it was MUCH appreciated to have luxurious portable restroom trucks rather than portapotties. Seriously, you made the whole experience so much nicer. THANK YOU.

Hello Kitty and Friends conveniently barfed up cuteness and overpriced games into one auditorium (The Barker Hangar) and that’s pretty much the Sanrio Carnival. Yeah yeah, Happy 50^th, Sanrio.
At first, walking through «obscure» pop art, shaking my head at the selection of (lame) food trucks, over-​priced everything, a 30-​minute line to get INSIDE the gift shop, pink Hello Kitty smart cars, and speakers blasting Spice Girls and Hanson made me want to do a quick round and leave, asap!
Yeah right, I’m going to pay for someone to draw 6 lines on my face (aka whiskers).
But due to severe nostalgia, flashbacks, and a trip down memory lane, it easily bumped up my experience at the carnival a couple stars:
— A display case of classic and old Pochacco, Pekkle, and Keroppi school supplies. «Omg I totally had that eraser with the googly eyes!» «I had that pencil case!» ;*)
— SPOTTIE DOTTIE. Why did they discontinue and neglect this oh so cute dalmatian?!
— Watching kids getting excited for characters in costume
— Realizing how Sanrio characters were so prevalent in my childhood
So, thank you, Sanrio for 50 years of creating awkward characters (what the hell is Badtz Maru supposed to be?!) and sprinkling some sugar and glitter to make them so darn cute and likable.

This review is for the Sanrio Small Gift 50^th Anniversary Event.
I came here in the afternoon of the very first day (11÷12÷10) and it was perfect! Not overcrowded at all. The wait in line for the shop was only about 20 minutes and I was able to buy everything I wanted. No line to buy tickets for the carnival games and only a few people were playing. Then onto the sand painting! This activity was probably the most worth it for being only 1 ticket ($ 2). My boyfriend and I spent about an hour on 1, but it came out awesome. Then the food trucks started showing up. It’s usually 3 food trucks at once. Overall the first day was very fun. I planned to stay for an hour, but ended up staying for 4.
The next day was the I (Heart) Nerds Party and believe it or not, I came back. I went in to buy food from the trucks before they started kicking everyone out to prep for the party and I walked right into Kimora Lee Simmons and her daughter (of course, they would be at this kind of event). My friend and I went 2 hours early to stand in line since we were unable to purchase tickets ($ 15) online. We were lucky because immediately after, a whole rush of people came and the line ended up wrapping around the parking lot twice. We were the first 100 out of probably 1,000 people so we got goodie bags (at least)!
It was INSANITY. After waiting in line to get into the actual event, we had to wait in MORE LONG LINES for EVERY SINGLE THING (the shop, buying tickets, playing the games, crowding in the sand painting area, food trucks, and so on). The wait in line for the shop was probably 2 hours long and I noticed they had already sold out of some rare items I previously bought the day before. My friend and I just wanted to get out of there. Oh and they didn’t even have the photo booth!
TIPS:
— Parking is $ 10 so it’s probably better to come on a weekday when it’s not so busy so you can get your money’s worth.
— Tickets to play the carnival games, crafts, mini golf, ferris wheel range from 1 – 5 tickets ($ 2 each).
— The shop has more than what it had for the mobile pop-​up shop tour so be sure to check it out (that is, if the wait in line isn’t 2 hours).
— If you’re planning to go to the 80s Prom Party, ask yourself if you really want to pay $ 15 to get into the same event you could get into free the other days & do the exact same stuff for more than just 3 hours, but with smaller lines.
— They have an ATM inside and they accept credit cards to purchase tickets and shop items.
I think I’m all Hello Kittied out now.
Good grief.