Rise Rooftop

Top to bottom, terrible venue. Major downgrade for Warehouse Live. The venue is built like a hallway. Granted, some of my issues are with the promoter of my chosen concert but the atmosphere is cramped, uncomfortable, and poorly designed. Why is the stage immediately to my right walking in, creating gridlock? After fighting your way to the back, you fight to hold your position in the crowd. There's nowhere to move and have a good view of the stage. Parking is also very not good. Nothing about this venue for concerts makes sense and I pray to God I never have to return.

This is a quaint little venue. They have probably the world's smallest parking lot and it's valet only. Which I will come back to. When you walk up the stairs the stage is immediately to the right and you have to walk down a very narrow area to the left to get towards the back of the place. Where the restrooms and the bar is. Now I've bitched about house of blues being expensive, but this place is way more expensive than them. Drinks were outrageous. Wouldn't give me just a cup of water etc. Whatever it's a business but just food for thought. Now back to their valet. I had to wait an additional half an hour because they misplaced my key. No one knew where it was. But that didn't stop them from getting other people's cars while I waited for them to half assed look in between moving other folks. Turned out they left it in my car. Which is weird, and a little disheartening. So the venue is okay for shows. Quaint and had great energy, but man I'd need someone to really talk me into coming back.

Tickets were free for the night before Thanksgiving. They had a bunch of Asian DJs lined up. It didn't get lit until after 1 AM. Even Johnny Dang made an appearance! Drink prices include tax and tip already, so it's easy peasy. Bartenders and bottle girls are nice. The venue is spacious, but you can't go up any of the stairs. They have bouncers and security at every corner literally. They have a man tending to the men's restroom, but the women's restroom is always empty. I love the mirror walls!Nicky Romero will be playing soon, so that will be something to look forward to!

!!TLDR; Those in need of disability accommodations need to be very aware of their limits to see if this venue is suitable for you!!Extremely mixed opinions on this venue, its layout, and the staff. This show was a bit of an oddball since the venue switched to RISE the day before the show. With that considered, RISE's staff worked extremely quickly and efficiently to accommodate disability needs. However, the layout of the building seemed to attempt to negate their willingness to accommodate.Their disability entrance is questionably accessible, the elevator worked like a charm and seemed just fine. However, the ramp itself was really steep and definitely initially intended for band equipment but works on the side as a quick fix for accessibility in most instances. And by "really steep" it had to be probably about a 35° degree angle if I had to estimate. I, personally, am a fulltime motorized wheelchair user so the angle was certainly a concern. My saving grace, however, was the extremely kind security guard who escorted us both into and out of the venue. He stood behind the wheelchair on both the way up and down, helping push it so it would make it up as well as not tip backward on the way down. Midway through the show, he even threw out some Otter Pops because it was really warm. I never caught your name but you, my sir, are a savior and you are doing absolutely wonderful at your job. Thank you!Side note: He vaguely mentioned that they were looking to better their accessibility, however, I don't know the method they're going about it or when it will be started/completed.Once you get inside and settled, you're put in the "ADA section" which is essentially a 3ish by 6ish foot area blocked off by some stanchions. Unlike your standard accessible section, it is NOT elevated, so likely chance if you're a wheelchair user you will not be able to see. There were seven of us total in that itty bitty corner, there was no chance that if all of us needed to be sitting that seven chairs could fit in that area. Not to mention, it was a sold out show so the stanchions were being pushed and it was definitely a push to hold our ground and not get pushed closer to the wall by the crowd. The security guard(s) stationed by the door (not the guy mentioned earlier) were disappointingly lackluster. The first one attempted to keep people from pushing against the stanchions throughout the first opener, but gave up shortly after. I understand it's a sold out show, but this is your section for a vulnerable population you said you'd be able to accommodate.To conclude, if you need any sort of accommodations, please be extremely aware of what you're going into. I happened to have luck in finding a really great staff member who helped me feel much more safe, but even then, the seating was extremely cramped and I had people pressed against me from the other side of the stanchion and got my fair share of nasty looks from strangers who I asked nicely if they could move.

1st time visiting Rise Rooftop for a birthday celebration. Nice venue with great concerts coming up.Max Rios and the Waysiders and the Latín Image opened up for Grupo Negami. Very nice old school bands. Max Rios plays something different from other bands. First time listening to live English songs with an accordion. Latin Image rocked it.Nagami was awesome! Thank you for the birthday tickets won at their last concert in North Shore.Had a great time, would recommend if you don't mind standing or paying $175 for a table of 4 and $20 valet parking. Good tacos sold outside.Lots of bouncers and undercover cops working but everyone behaved.Only 3 stars because there are no free tables or chairs to sit on, not even outside on the patio.

Bar service was okay. Bathrooms were disgusting. I get it's a club but there was vomit on the floor outside of the bathroom and there was liquid on the floor in both of the stalls I used during my visit. Bouncers were super rude. My husband is disabled and was sitting on a metal fold up chair in the corner, a bouncer came up to him and took the chair from him just to fold it up and set it against the wall next to him. I cannot express how inappropriate and pointless this was. He wasn't bothering anyone, just sitting to alleviate the pain he was in. We left immediately after. I will never revisit this establishment, and will be advising my friends and colleagues not to visit.

Music was great but.. we paidfor VIP there was 4 of us and we couldn't even get in the vip section it was my Bday so eveyrone else stayed back to let me try to fit in and I was hit in the head had 2 drinks spilled on me and elbowed over and over by a drunk douche bag! ​I will not go back to this venue they over sold the VIP section and that seriously takes away from teh whole experience! I just wanted to enjoy my birthday with one of my idols Tom Keifer! Instead I got assaulted all night and could hardly move while my husband and family had to stand all the way at the bar after paying for pit passes

So this is a good spot for indoor and outdoor vibe. The outdoor isn't that much but it's something. Now the outdoor part (when I was there) had food being served. As soon as you walk up the steps, it is going to smell good as hell! Nachos, jerk fries, things like that, made to order.There is a stage, there is a large bar (it has two sides to it), and some upstairs standing room to get off of the main floor.The music was good, everybody was pretty cool, even security was talking and chatting it up. It was a nice little vibe, except waiting in line to get in for as long as it took a comma I would recommend. The night that we went it was free before 11:00 or so, you got there a little before and as soon as we got to the front of line the guy cut off the free entry so that kind of sucked but that's not the end of the world. I was still suggest and recommend.

Love the vibes here it's a smaller venue, looks like an airplane hangar. 2 story . It was a very hot day the day we went but they had plenty of fans.. so it was fine. It is an indoor venue. Staff was super nice!!

Yachtley Crew put on an amazing show at RISE! We had 2 VIP tables (the best spot for a show) and Cooper took wonderful care of us! Thanks Cooper!Keanu made sure we had a great time as well, keep us safe going up and down the stairs.We cannot wait to go back! Thanks everyone!!!