The Chelsea

I went here for the first time on Friday evening for the Dream Theater concert.Venue is difficult to find within the confusing Cosmopolitan hotel. No signs. Good luck finding the venue.Venue is strange and hard to navigate.Show was excellent. Staff was friendly.I'll go to another show here.

First time at The Chelsea, located at the Cosmopolitan for a show. The theater is located on the third level, which you can accessed by escalator. The two level theater seats 3,200 and there are bars selling drinks.We were hear for some comedy and were excited to see Chelsea Handler: Chelsea at The Chelsea, The Las Vegas Residency. The ushers were friendly and led us to our 10th row floor seats. The floor seats are banquet/convention hall type chairs, so no arm rests. Since the seats are attached to each other, it does get a little tight especially if one of your seatmates to the left or right of you is on the larger side.As for Chelsea, she was funny and put on an entertaining show. After the show, she hung around the stage and took selfies with fans and signed autographs. So that was very cool of her.The Chelsea, a nice venue for a show. Curious how it would be for a concert.

BELOW EXPECTATIONS... I honestly thought The Chelsea was going to blow my socks off and it didn't. It had poor acoustics for an intimate venue. I also found the entrance to be confusing and hard to find. It's got a nice stage but it's honestly one of the weaker venues on The Strip. I came for a Conan Gray concert, it was his Found Heaven tour and this boy had to yell at the top of his lungs just so we can hear him. It's a shame that the audio was drowning him out and the speakers sounded muffled all over the venue. I stood on the General Admission floor and it had a weird bendy quality to it. Every time you jump on the floor, it kind of jiggles and catapults you. Not sure if I like it or not. I didn't see any food or concession options, it's a shame that everything is so hard to find at this venue. Also, their lines for merchandise are so long as the theater does not have space to open more than one merch booth. I will say that the staff who were tending to the early General Admission line were sweet and helpful. I didn't like the wristband folks though, they had bad vibes.

The sound was good, since it's a smaller venue and I got floor seats so we could be closer to the band. What I didn't know was that the seats were not secured and people behind us kept leaning on oir seats and pushing us forward. To be comfortable 25 to 50% of the person next to me got in front of me so the could have space to enjoy the show.....it's not too helpful for me to view things since I'm petite and they blocked my view. Aside from that. I think it's an OK space. But I thought other venues were small, this was sardine style packing.

A Great show in an awesome theater! I think every seat is a good seat. Employees were helpful and nice and greeted everyone with a smile and enthusiasm. Nice clean theater. I can't wait to go again.

The Zepeda & Hughes boxing match at the Chelsea (Cosmopolitan Casino), was definitely worth the price of admission. The venue was packed and it appeared the majority of attendees were Zepeda supporters. Also, in attendance was former boxer and fight promoter, Oscar de La Jolla. This was my first time at the Chelsea and I was impressed with its size and overall design, especially, for it being inside a casino. There were two bars on the first level serving cocktails and a variety of snacks. They were a bit pricey but not surprising given the venue. The fight itself was very entertaining with Zepeda coming in as the heavy favoriteand winning the fight after Hughes' corner requested the fight be stopped. Although, the exact reason for the stoppage was not known, it appeared it may have been due to the numerous devastating body punches delivered by Zepeda throughout the fight, which, may have resulted in Hughes being injured.

Got to finally see Fluffy and Matt Rife at this venue and wow, this was an awesome place. Very simple and small and the seats were comfortable. Everyone that worked here was so helpful. When we got to our seats, one of them was actually missing and they were so fast at wanting to get another chair where it belonged. It can be a bit cold here but it's not horrible. They are strict when it comes to using your phone. You're literally not allowed to even look at it or have it in front of you, they will catch you and they will kick you out. I saw a few people not listening and making excuses. But overall, this was an awesome venue to watch shows.

This review is from the Teddy Swims concert on 3/26/24. I'll try to focus on the venue / services at the venue, and not the actual performer (obviously, he was amazing, though).I like the Chelsea as a whole. The GA floor is large enough that you never actually "need" to feel squished (you can stand in the back/sides and have plenty of space to dance or whatever). But it's also VERY difficult for short people standing in GA. The height of the stage just isn't high enough. I'm 5'6" and I've struggled seeing the performers this night, and at previous shows.I like how they set up bars on the exterior of the venue (before showing your ticket) because the inside bars get crowded and if you're trying not to miss too much of the show, you can quickly exit, get your drinks and re-enter faster than waiting in the bar lines inside. Some downsides to my experience here though... Holy heck IT WAS HOT in there!!!! I was taking off layers and nearly went down to my bra! Not even kidding... lol. The stage had industrial fans blasting at them, but the audience didn't get any kind of air circulation. I was sweating my face off and honestly, it was really just so uncomfortable. This is the Vegas Strip! This is the entertainment capital of the WORLD. How did this even happen???? Air conditioning is such a basic aspect of executing an event with large groups of people. I just don't understand it. Also - there were at least 2 drug/alcohol "situations" on the GA level during the show (one that paused the show (Teddy noticed and wanted to make sure everything was OK before continuing - pretty cool - and that one wrapped up within two mins), but like, the other one near me seemed to take way too long to rectify and easily ruined 3 songs of the show because this guy (very likely on drugs) was being disruptive and security hesitated to remove him because mostly he was just swaying and waving his hands around (the thing about it was: everyone around this guy was asking security to remove him, and security still waited). I know it's hard to know who to 86, but when you have a group of people throwing up "red flags" about another patron, I think ya gotta trust the group and not hesitate too long.SOUND/AUDIO - I was stage right in GA, and honestly - I did not like the sound quality from the singer's mic. His voice is SO INCREDIBLE and I just felt robbed because what? the treble wasn't set properly? Or is it the speakers pointed in that area? I don't know - but for a venue of this degree, and ticket prices what they were, I expected more. The Chelsea has been hosting concerts for YEARS - so I guess this is another thing I don't understand... Isn't it a basic process that ALL areas of the theater get sound checked? It's always my intention to help venues by giving this type of feedback. I'd love to come back and see other shows, but these things really need attention.

1st time at this concert venue to see Boys to Men. Robin Thicke opened for them. Really good concert. The theater is setup really nice there is no bad seat. I would definitely go back. Everyone who worked there was very kind and had a smile on their face.

Came back to the Chelsea and was able to snag a floor seat for comedian Tom Segura. This place is huge! I'd seen him perform at the theater in Mirage and this Cosmo theater is massive in comparison. I noticed a couple things on this new visit that hasn't improved my 3-star opinion about it since my previous visit. In the words of YMH:The main bar was huge with long lines; I'm the Water Champ so I skipped and went straight to my seat. Main Mommy DJ Dadmouth kept the show High and Tight. I Like That. But during the show you could hear all the Cool Guys and Machines Within on the upper floor bar chitter chatting Through the Fence. I mean, they were probably Just Glassin' and using Washcloths. When a show ends Would You Rather exit the building or just stand in place? Egress from the Chelsea is just R-Worded. I mean, c'mon, Get Your Life.