The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond

"Anthony Hamilton did an outstanding job. He has an amazing voice that I can listen to for hours. Unfortunately it seems to me that his show was about 45 mins, but the best 45 mins of entertainment to end 2023. Loved you AH..."

"I really enjoyed this venue. We arrived 1.5 hours before the show started to get dinner at Jack Binion’s. We then chose to stay at the casino for about an hour after the show ended to gamble, drink, and eat. We sat in one of the VIP suites, which was absolutely great. The view was awesome. The VIP suites have a bar and bartender in the suite with an open call bar. Beer, wine, mixed drinks, pop, and water are all included. There are also private washrooms for suite guests on the suite level. However, I do agree with other reviewers that there isn’t much information about parking or where to go, though. We also were unsure if the show started at 7 or if the doors opened at 7? We missed the beginning of Lorna Shore (the first band), because of this. Also because of the all of the weird amounts of lines people had to stand in. That part was a little strange. They had signs up for wristbands, but no explanation of what the wristbands were for. You can’t really control the parking situation, and after being to so many concerts, it is expected that leaving in a timely fashion is almost always going to suck. I would just recommended offering more information online on The Venue website regarding parking, where to go, when doors open, when the show starts, etc."

"First time at the Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Indiana but I hope it's not the last! The acoustics are terrific, the sightlines are top notch and the video screens are great! I will keep an eye on who is playing here. Tonight was Sammy Hagar and the Circle. My first time seeing Sammy and I have totally missed out. This 76 year old has more energy than most 3 year olds! Sammy, Mike Anthony, Jason Bonham et al sounded great! Maybe the best concert I've ever seen (and I've seen 10 this year)! Oh and special guest Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins joined the band for a song! All in all an amazing night!"

"I'm a bit torn. We saw Gojira and Mastodon here and the show was phenomenal and I loved the venue. BUT, getting into the venue was a bad experience. It took us 45 minutes from parking to get into the show. First, there are only like 2 entrances to get into the casino where they check your ID, and it takes, like, a minute per person. There were many people here for the concert, so this took a long time. Then, upstairs, we had to wait in line to get a wristband and show our ticket, and then wait in ANOTHER line to show our ticket and get in the venue. That whole thing was ridiculous. Then, after the show was overit took about an hour to leave the parking garage. Everyone was trying to leave at once, and there is like, one exit, so we literally didn't move for 30 minutes. You either need to leave early or plan to get food or gamble or something to avoid the traffic. The actual venue was great though. It felt huge and spacious and I had a blast. Great crowd. In the future, I will try to arrive much earlier to get into the casino, and also plan to get food after."

"The venue itself was great but arrive more than an hour earlier. Missed a half hour of the show for Gojira, Mastodon, Lorna Shore When i received tickets on Ticketmaster, no info about where we need to go. Self research on the casino website, none successfully found. Obviously first time coming here. Parking garage took time to park had to park on the roof, but was there other parking? Not sure. Just following the line of cars ahead of me. No signage outside, no staff to direct or ask questions. Free parking though. Walking was fine until i hit a line to get IDs checked for entering the casino. At the same time people entered elsewhere and walked beyond the line we were in with other people that came from the parking garage. They were in asking where the concert is, they were pointed to the direction, So it was irritating not knowing if the line entering the casino was necessary to enter the venue. Then finding our way through the casino to the venue took some time but signs were easy to find. Then another line to enter to get paper wrist bands, scanned Ticketmaster tickets to get it. Then another line to back track to in order to get through a security check and scan our ticket master tickets again after security check. Ok now thats irritating. Need to incorporate more information for those first timers. I missed one of the opening bands Lorna Shore Prices were fine with drinks and waters. It was expected. Staff was great. Mosh pits, crowd surfing ect. All fun stuff compared to some concerts that absolutely dont allow and have staff that stops people from doing so. Bathrooms were expected to be nicer but having that many people, mens line for the bathroom i didn't expect to wait that long with a venue holding a couple thousand people. Maybe about 10-15 urinals and some stalls. I would come back now knowing what it takes to get in but would warn new comers with little information to none to show up really early. Leaving took about 45 minutes to get out of the parking garage. Expected but sucks. 4 out of 5 due to the process to get in."