UK76’s TRAVELS: Sacramento
Around noon I took the train from San Jose to Sacramento. It’s a 3.5 hrs trip up San Francisco Bay. After a very enjoyable ride in nice weather I arrived in California’s capital Sacramento. I actually liked it more than San Jose as it had more offer. It was a short walk from the train station to my hotel and after check-in I had a short walk around in the city center. As it was afternoon already I soon had to leave for ARCO Arena. From my hotel I took the bus. I can tell you it’s quite a remote place outside the city. Not too much around it and apart from a bus service that stops at around 10pm you really need a car to get there!
Doors opened as usual around 7pm and I wandered around in the building before heading to my seat for the show. This time I was on the floor about 8 rows from the back. So I had a nice total view of the stage and light show. The concert itself was great again but without anything special to mention. After the gig I took a taxi back to my hotel and went to bed.
The next morning a bus took me out to the airport for my flight to L.A. which was scheduled for 12.20pm. It departed on time and after a little more than an hour I was back in Los Angeles. Again I took a bus to my hotel in downtown. After a short walk around in downtown (including a visit to Staples Center) I was hungry for dinner but to my surprise most of the restaurants and eateries were closed. It was 7pm and with most of the offices closed now the restaurants seemed to have closed as well. So I took the metro to Hollywood and had my dinner at the Kodak Theatre. On my way there I already found Phil’s star on Hollywood Boulevard. It’s right next to El Capitan Theatre opposite of Kodak Theatre.
Today I woke up, had a look outside the window and to my surprise it was heavily clouded! Even looking like rain. Forecast for tonight says it could rain by midnight. Hopefully that’s correct! But there are still chances of showers. Tomorrow it could rain in the morning but get better towards the afternoon. We’ll see. Genesis is in town so it might even rain in sunny Southern California…
Ulli
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October 13th, 2007 at 2:17 am
I am not trying to be disrespectful, so don’t take this the wrong way, but at this point, what is the purpose behind these blogs? Hardly anything re the Genesis show itself, mostly just a travelogue of hotels and ground transportation. Nothing re the crowd, stories about who you talked with about Genesis, good fan stories, unique concert adventures. Do you not interview people, go to the bars, mix mingle, imbibe in the atmosphere? I am not reading much here other than stuff about hotel locations, the weather, transportation, went to see the show, nothing different, took a cab, went to bed.
Am I missing something here?
October 13th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Thanks for your comment (really)! Of course you’re right. I’ve kept this show report pretty short but mainly because nothing special happened. Ok, people want to hear about how the show was but why describe the same stuff every time? Sacramento was one of the very few shows where I didn’t hook up with anybody. There was no proper meet-up as far as I know. Mainly because of the remote location of the arena. And just yesterday I talked to a fan who was in Sacramento as well and he, too, said that he felt the show was strangely unspectacular. This is not meant to sound ignorant and it doesn’t mean it was boring. There simply is nothing to point out. I liked it as always and had a really great time!
For the percentage of travel (rather than concert) report this time, I covered three days in this report which in fact mainly consisted of travel. And isn’t my diary called UK76’s *TRAVELS*?
October 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
OK, I see what you are saying. Again, I don’t mean to harp, and I appreciate all your reports. I forget that you did a bunch in Europe too, and had other locations where there was more to talk about. I know traveling can be tiring after awhile. I am surprised Genesis didn’t play in San Francisco instead of shows in San Jose and Sacramento. Too bad you didn’t have a chance to do some sightseeing in SF.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
As I said especially in my earlier reports I love to hear any kind of criticism - not just the positive one!
And for S.F., I spend a few days in the city last year on a completely “non-Genesis/PC-related” trip. Really loved it and you’re right, it’s strange they didn’t e.g. play 2 dates at Oakland’s Oracle Arena.