Landers Center

Place is pretty crappy. Horrible parking and traffic control. Bad food. Really bad food. Staff is usually nice enough.

The Tool concert was a nightmare!!! For REAL!
So many things are wrong with this place when describing the mayhem that ensued before, during, and after this show.
First. Why in the hell do you have only one entrance open to the arena? It took 45 minutes to get in after we got close. Oh yeah, because you’re greedy and needed to collect $ 5 from every car parked on the lot after collecting ticket costs beforehand. There where three lines taking money for the entire lot. If you didn’t have cash, turn around and leave. Luckily, I keep a good knot on me. This was a sold out show btw! Completely full! People everywhere.
Second. Why in the hell did the show start at 6:30 instead of 7:00? Oh yeah, because you imposed a 10:30 cut off for the show. If they hadn’t started early Tool would have played 5 songs (more on that in a bit). I’m not sure if Desoto County is responsible for this but I sure will remember this novel fact moving forward. I’d love some clarity on this Landers!!! (Feel free to respond!)
Third. You had one door at each entrance open. Why??? It took 20 minutes to get inside your little arena. After gaining entry it was mayhem. You couldn’t walk down any hallway. It was packed, the bathroom lines were 200 – 250 yards long. Funny thing is, there where bathrooms empty on the south side of the arena. Luckily, I knew this from being here before. Why not tell people this handy fact while staff stood by watching people standing in stupid lines?
I’ll give you some credit here on the actual show. The sound was good! I’m probably giving you credit for what the Band’s production team did. Oh yeah, one giant problem is I missed 2/3’s of the band that I really wanted to see. Primus started at 7:00 instead of 3 teeth. I got near the arena at 6:40 thinking I had time to see them. Little did I know the show was already underway.
Speaking of missing shows. Tool’s set was short by 4 songs due to time limits. Boooooooo!!!
Fourth. I don’t smoke. I am glad I quit. You had two standard doors in and out for every smoker at a Tool show? I bet 70 percent of these folk were still addicted. There was smoke two feet thick inside because they couldn’t get outside to smoke. Staff walked through clinging to each other bitching about the crowd instead of being proactive and opening another door. Seriously I witnessed a line of staff of 5 women and 1 man leading with him yelling at people to put out their cigarettes. He kept telling his «gals» they only had till 10:30. One woman commented «I dreaded this event». My one regret was not getting all of their names.
Fifth. It took almost an hour to get out of the parking lot after the show. Why??? No traffic control!!! The other entrance/​exit was still BLOCKED! ONE EXIT !! I had to get stupid aggressive to even get out in the time I did.
Not again. Landers Center. Never. You can keep that mess.

Great for hockey, not great for packed concerts. Can’t really dance in your seats either, little too tight. Parking flow and traffic control are seriously lacking. I don’t really eat or drink much that they offer so not sure how great concessions are but I’d guess average junk food. No real healthy or vegan options for snacks. Seats comfy and easy to find with the helpful staff.
Yep, still waiting to leave this place. Insane amount of time to get out. I get it’s crowded but really…
What’s black and white and read all over? This review.
Because I have nothing better to do than sit in the parking lot. Glad I put gas in my car. It’s 33 degrees. Guess I’ll make my grocery list next.
OMG, still sitting here and the guy behind me has pop tarts.

This is a great little arena. I had been here in the past to see Jeff Dunham and a home show and of course, HOCKEY! Parking is more than adequate for the size of the venue and there are plenty of eateries close by for your before or after event knoshing needs. For special events plan on paying around $ 5 for parking.
If you go for hockey, there are not any obstructed views like you will find in other hockey towns. Because of its size, don’t expect high end cushy seats with drink holders in the first 10 rows, and then you won’t waste time looking for them. The seats are cushy with cup holders starting at row 11 (row K).

My wife and I have now been here for Hockey a couple of times, a home show and a comedy show. We really like the venue for the events we have attended. This is a smaller venue, but perfect for minor league hockey and other shows. They seemed to be rather smart with the concessions as there were enough open to accommodate the amount of people attending the event, no seriously long lines and no empty stands with people just standing around. The concession stands had the normal arena style food and beverages at the normal prices, always over priced but standard for the venue type. All the seating seemed to be pretty good. We actually walked around and tested a lot of the seating during our last trip to a game in order to decide which ones to get for next years season tickets to hockey.

Went to a Mississippi Riverkings game here, and it was a decent hockey venue, even though from the outside it doesn’t look like a sporting venue. I will say that for a sporting event they didn’t seem to have much in the way of concessions, just one food place that served the standard sports fare, and only Budweiser beer, nothing locally brewed. The restrooms were clean and the staff was friendly.