About Isleta Amphitheater
An outdoor amphitheater offering great acoustics, excellent stage visibility from all seats assisted by three Jumbotrons, and a scenic evening atmosphere overlooking the city, though marred by expensive concessions and parking lot exit delays.
What parents should know
Summarized from real visitor reviews.
Best for: Families with older kids and teens attending evening concertsMusic lovers who appreciate good acoustics and outdoor scenic viewsTeens and older children who can handle late nights and long walksNot ideal for toddlers or young kids due to long walks and post-show exit delays
Why families love it
- Excellent stage visibility from all seats and three Jumbotrons for closeups
- Great acoustics and impressive light shows
- Scenic outdoor atmosphere overlooking the city with planes flying by
- Friendly and helpful staff and parking directors
- Three Jumbotrons for clear viewing
- Scenic city views and plane watching
Insider tips
- Take a photo of your parking section pole to avoid losing your car
- Eat before you arrive to avoid the 10x concession markups
- Use the restrooms inside before exiting the gates as there are none in the parking lot
- Prepare for a long walk from the parking lot as there are no golf cart shuttles
Good to know before you go
- Buying food and drinks inside if on a budget
- Leaving immediately after the headliner if you want to avoid a 40-minute parking lot gridlock
- Extremely overpriced food and drinks with markups up to 10x retail
- Long and slow bag check lines
- Huge parking lot with long walks and poorly marked sections leading to lost cars
- Crowds
- High congestion at bag check lines and extreme gridlock in the parking lot post-show
- Value
- High concession prices with refreshments marked up 10x retail. Inside merchandise is about $10 more than outside hawkers but offers better design choices. Tickets and seating provide good value.
- Food
- No outside food and drinks mentioned; inside concessions are highly marked up with many drink stations available
- Accessibility
- Accessible parking is available but general parking requires long walks to the gates with no shuttle assistance
- Safety
- Parking lot directors to guide cars
What parents say
"Great place for a show. Not so large a venue that you couldn’t see the stage from any seat. We had really crummy weather but otherwise it was a a terrific night. Three Jumbotrons made for viewing closeups. Good light show. Easy parking and very helpful people to direct cars. Hawkers were outside selling shirts. We avoided them and bought our shirts inside which were only $10 more and could choose one of many designs. Food was a little pricy. There were many alcoholic and non alcoholac drink stations and nice bathrooms which were attended as well as a bank of porta potties."
a week ago
"Santana concert 4/19, weather was wet and cold but he and his band kept me warm. Lines for checking bags were too long, very slow. VIP bar was excellent but all the seating was reserved, and no one was sitting there. Bartenders were overworked but very friendly."
2 weeks ago
"Great seats. Great acoustics. Very accessible parking. Really nice amenities. And the people attending and working the concert were really cool."
3 months ago
Reviews sourced from public Google data.
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