Shoreline is a dump, same story nearly every concert...."public intoxication, being aggressive toward police and concert staff, trying to get into the concert after being denied access,being too intoxicated to take care of themselves." I suppose nobody got shot..that's a plus. Needs to be torn down,it's had its day,that Shoreline is one Mountain View building I'd be happy to see razed.

@Kevin Forestieri: ya misspelled Pleasanton as "Pleasnton".

Is the problem that Shoreline is a dump or is the problem that Shoreline just brings in "entertainers" that cater to the drug and booze culture? I don't see people getting drunk or stoned at the concerts at Montalvo or the Mountain Winery.

The Shoreline Amphitheater provides zero benefit to the City of Mountain View or its residents. The drunkenness, arrests, drug sales and MURDERS have gone on too long, it's time to shut the place down. Why do you think the Bridge School decided to pull out? They don't want to be associated with the Amphitheater, it's toxic and it's only getting worse.

SHUT IT DOWN.

Esp at the country shows. Out of town drunks with zero respect or interest in anything but getting drunk in a new town.
And these were the ones that they could NOT ignore. Someone falling over, someone walking up to the cops totally wasted. Just imagine if they went LOOKING for offenders instead of the ones who drop into their laps.

Let's turn Shoreline Amphitheater into an outdoor opera house. That way we can safely enjoy debauchery and violence, it'll just be staged for us by professionals, rather than dealing with amateurs in the audience.

I've never seen drunks or fights amongst the patrons at the SF Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, or the other fine opera venues I've been fortunate to visit during my travels across the globe.

We could add some classical concerts and baroque choral performances as well. Those are also fairly civil events.

@your opinion or #your opinion see you at Oracle buddy and that beautiful venue. Oh I mean go pay 15.00 for single jack and coke at Levi's that awesome venue which is 5x's the price and enjoy taylor swift. Please you tear it down and create the luxury condo's that keep driving up your property value that's all you care about. I bartended there for 3 years and made tons of money off the drunks and my fiends still do .. God Bless Shoreline keep rocking and rolling and fightin

8 Arrests out of what 20 thousand people? That's nothing. I understand that it would be really nice if people drink responsibly and take care of themselves. The reason why some of these problem folks come to Shoreline Amphitheater is because the General Admission tickets are affordable unlike Montalvo, Mountain Winery and other uch places, where the tickets are outrageously steep plus the parking fee in cold cash is a big ripoff. As a Mountain View resident, living within 2 miles to the Amphitheater, I ahve attended more than 15 concerts in there and I walk all the time and I nhave never seen any problem of violence or misbehavior and I never felt unsafe, even during the Dead and Company concert.

Wait a second.. you let the venue (Shoreline) sell booze to people.

Then you arrest those people when you find them in the parking lot drunk?

So stupid.

Not to mention 647f charges are always dropped. The DA doesn't waste their time.

I'm a resident, and find Shoreline a huge benefit. I can buy tickets a day prior to them going on sale to the general public, and sit in reserved seats for popular performers. Before Shoreline, we had to go all the way to the Oakland Coliseum or Cow Palace. Now, it's WAY more convenient...can be home 15 minutes after the show. I've even biked to shows via Stevens Creek Trail.

Eight arrests for intoxication? Wow! What a nightmare. If The Voice hadn't scanned the police blotter, nobody would've even known. But the Voice never has an agenda.

@Otto_Maddox:

Well, the War Memorial Opera House sells booze. Yes, you can attend the SF Ballet's Nutcracker or a nice opera like Le Nozze di Figaro and enjoy a glass of wine, beer, etc. during one of the intermissions. And I don't see people sloppy drunk, combative or getting arrested by police.

The bad behavior is a problem with the event attendees themselves, not whether or not a venue provides alcohol.

Is there a violence/alcohol problem at the San Francisco Symphony's annual Independence Day concert at Shoreline Amphitheater? No, there is not. How about Opera in the Park at Stern Grove in SF? Or Opera Night at AT&T Park (usually right around Independence Day)? No, again, no problems. Scarpia supporters are not beating up Tosca supporters.

Again, the problem is the people that an event attracts. The venue itself is neutral.

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