peoria civic center

The staff was very friendly and willing to help, but people control was another issue. The design of the auditorium is flawed--there is no center isle. Thus people step on or over you the entire show. Not fun, will definitely think twice before we return.

My wife and I love going to shows and plays but travelling to Chicago or St Louis is not always an option. It is fantastic to have a venue like the Civic Center available for Broadway productions, traveling events, basketball and hockey. There are so many things to be seen there we even take others with us as special presents for holidays and anniversaries. Easy access, convenient parking and great restaurants close by make going downtown Peoria a fun and exciting day!

The Civic Center Theater is already bad enough with the tight seating and having no aisles. Then you add drunk people and allow them to bring in more alcoholic beverages. They should not allow ANY beverages in the theater, it is just way to crowded.

The Civic Center definitely needs someone to direct traffic and show you where to park. We were seated on floor and seats were poorly marked and terribly uncomfortable. Concert was great

The Peoria Civic Center is a large multi-purpose venue. There's a large sports arena where the Peoria Rivermen hockey team plays. They put a basketball floor over it for the Bradley University basketball team to play. They also use this locaiton big-name musical acts. For smaller name musical acts and theatre productions, there is a smaller theatre (though still pretty good size) also on the property. Then there is exhibition hall space as well. In the winter time, the concourse is freezing cold, so be aware of that (don't show up early before you can get into the theatre/area thinking you'll have a warm place to hang out and kill time, etc.). With the opening of the new Courtyard by Marriott there is now a connected walkway between the civic center and the hotel, which is very nice. So it's getting better.

We have seen several plays/musicals at the Civic Center. The ticket prices are pretty good and we have always enjoyed them. We try to get seats in the balcony and the seats have always been good. We usually park across the street in the parking garage and the prices are reasonable.

Always enjoy seeing musicals, concerts, plays at the peoria civic center theater. We feel the Best seats are in first balcony. STOMP was awesome!

Great time tonight! Found parking nearby and walked to Jim's Steak House. Seats are comfortable. But a bit irritating that there is no center aisle- you have to cross over everyone else in the row if you're in the middle.

People leaving one concert, trying to find their kids and people coming to attend the second concert, didn't make for a smooth transition. It could be handled better. It is a great facility, nicely located.

Tickets were $10 - super clean, family friendly and the concessions were all very reasonable. Great time if you have time when in Peoria.

Civic Center was nice concert venue. But Worst cab experience ever. Could not get cab after Eric Church concert. Waited an hour in bad weather after many many calls and online requests for a ride. finally had to bribe pizza delivery drive to take us back to hotel. Peoria must have 12 cabs total. Unbelievable for a city that size. No excuse for it. Taxi providers did not answer phones at 10pm? If Peoria wants to think its a big modern city, they need to fix this now.

they always have good events here. at least twice a month. we just watched the nutcracker. have seen monster trucks, hockey, concerts. always good shows.

We saw Eric Church here last weekend. The show was amazing and we were very impressed with the sound system. Have been to many concerts and the shows waereess than they should be because of the sound system. The only problem I had were with the vendors serving drinks. They were spilling the drinks as they passed them down to the customers. I think they were filling the glasses to the brim. Should have accounted for the passing down and then maybe the drinks would not have spilled.

Attended my first concert at the Civic Center and really liked the smaller size of this venue. Parking was very readily available and the seats had a good view. I will attend more concerts here!

If you are a tourist, you can take nice photos of the buildings - the new one and the old in the other side. It's a Convention Center. Nothing more.