abbotsford entertainment & sports centre

wouldn't come here unless you were seeing a game or a show. It's not an architecturally interesting building, nor is there any history. But concerts and hockey games are a good value.

The centre is nice, however the parking (or lack of...) is a huge deterrent - I would expect parking issues in Vancouver, but not Abbotsford. The concession lineups are ridiculously slow - they really should consider increasing their staff levels in order to get people back to their seats to watch the event that they have paid for.

Went to the Reba concert last night and I was on the floor row 6 seat 23. Wow is all I can say. Up close and personal for real. Seat 23 is smack dab in the centre. It was a cozy place for a concert. I loved it. The lines were fast for food to pay but slow to actually get the hot dog plus it was burnt but I was hungry. The bathrooms were clean and well tended. I would go there again for an event. October 10, 2013

I have been to this centre for music concerts, great venue in the country. Nice not to have to drive into Vancouver and pay out rages parking fees. Plenty of parking. Sound system is great quality, good place to hear bands. I also have seen hockey here,no bad seats in the house and cheap bear!

At the last minute we had booked online in the early afternoon of 28 September 2012 two tickets for the John Fogerty concert. Actually we wanted to watch hockey game (Canucks), but unfortunately there was a long labor strike. Other guests from our hotel told us days before that all "John Fogerty concerts" in BC would be sold. We had good luck! We reached despite rush hour and giant construction sites on the highway from Vancouver to the concert hall in Abbotsford and even on time we found close free parking at the hall.JOHN FOGERTY - SEP 28 2012 at 07:30pm AESC ------------------------- ----------- --- -------- --------- ----------FULL PRICE FLOOR 2 69.50 10.75 160.50 = Total Cost 164.00 CADThe price is ok for a "rock legend"!For example: In July 2013, we paid in Stuttgart / Germany 200 € = 276 CAD for for two "Mark Knopfler" - tickets. We narrowly missed Mark Knopfler in Vancouver in October 2012.For a short period we parted, to take money from a cash machine and go back to the car and lost sight of each other. My daughter and I. Both, my daughter and I got so much help and support from the very friendly hall staff, which we never expected, and had never before experienced in this special friendly way worldwide in other concert halls. So many of the hall staff helped my daughter to find me. It was very noisy (background music) and I was at the other end of the hall because the credit card was stuck, Friday night. While an american couple standing at my side at the ATM and tried to pull the credit card from the machine, A search to find me was started. There was a happy ending. I got the credit card back. On the way down to the interior, I was often approached by hall staff that was looking for me.Yes, there were queues at the drink stands, but that is so common everywhere in the world for concerts. Everything was very well organized in the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre.The John Fogerty concert was great and unforgettable. After the concert we had to wait a while, until the many vehicles were driven away from the parking areas to the highway. Also we know this from large concerts.On the way back to Vancouver it was gentle raining and full moon and we sang cheerful: "Have you ever seen the rain" and "I see the bad moon rising" ...Our tip: Always bring enough cash!