Ames Center

Not often I venture outside of Minneapolis or St. Paul for arts/​culture events, however I went to the Ames Center tonight for the first time to see The Nutcracker. Wow. Fantastic dancers & costumes, overall an amazing production. Great Job to everyone involved!!!

Saw Jesse Cook there last night and was blown away! Easy free parking, comfortable venue, knowledgeable staff and clean restrooms. Will be back without a doubt :)

Went to see a musical there. The facility is quite attractive. Parking was plentiful and free. The seats are comfortable and it doesn’t look like there’s a bad seat in the house. The staff were quite friendly, talking about the event.

The Burnsville Performing Arts Center is a great place to catch some of the best some of the best talent in the metro area!
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The main theatre has great acoustics and no bad seats. Free parking, easy access from I-​35W. Several good restaurants nearby. You can buy tix from box office; they are open weekends as well as weekdays. Check out the art gallery open every day., no charge. Great views from upper lobby. The BPAC is also available to rent. Check their website for event calendar.

Every event I’ve been to here I’ve been able to get great seats for a great price. The facility was built within the last few years and the upkeep has been amazing. The layout very much reminds of the Stages Theater in Hopkins. I’ve never had an issue finding a great parking spot and everyone is gracious and welcoming.

This venue is so accessible. I love this little section of Burnsville, anyway. Free parking. This won’t attract arena events, but it’s got some damn good ones. Last night it was Ralphie May: Too Big to Ignore. There’s some great dining in the vicinity, such as Mediterranean Cruise Café and Jensen’s Café if you don’t want to spend as much. The seats are comfortable, and every seat has a good view, but I prefer the main floor. You are very connected the performer. They have a bar in the lobby, but not sure what they serve besides soda, you can also bring drinks into the theater. I love coming here.

Impressive for suburban Twin Cities. I love the arts center in my town but so jealous! Ample parking, beautiful architecture and great staff. Have seen two stellar shows here this season, Rat Pack and Shaun Johnson Big Band experience. Both were Twin Cities connected top performers, with one of the rat pack trio being a former twin citi-​zen who works professionally for Disney/​Universal (went to same university) and Shaun Johnson should need no further intro (tonic sol-​fa)… so to the other Unilocaler who said D list you are so way off. Both acts had the crème de la crème professional musicians. Fantastic Greek restaurant across the plaza with excellent small plates and cocktails and friendly owner, which is a great plus!

I was dreading going out to the burbs to a Performing Arts Center because I thought it would be a total joke… You know how «artsy» suburbia is… (can you sense the sarcasm in my writing?)…Well, I was impressed!
This review is not for the production we saw, but for the venue itself. We were greeted by the nicest usher ever. He told us when the house would be opening, concessions information, intermission length, etc. upon arriving. The theater seating was such that no seat was a bad seat. We were in the smaller theater but I know there is a larger theater as well.
The architecture of this building is beautiful and I am looking forward to seeing more productions this season.

HUGE waste of money!!! There’s a proposed 5% property tax hike where 2.2% will go to keeping this PAC afloat, despite the fact that most of Burnsville does not want it here! Events are D-​list local acts who would be perfectly at home in a school gym. It was foretasted to be $ 400,000 in the red during its first year, but was actually $ 800,000 in the red! I do not think this place will ever be profitable. Please pull the plug and stop making me pay for this horrible place!

I’m not so much reviewing the PA center as I am the very awesome open square just outside of it that had all the residents out with their kids, the ladies tanning, the music blaring, people with picnics…
Outside of this center, there is this wonderful-​looking creek that doubles as a fountain on hot days, as it was a week ago. Sweltering day, with temps close to 90 °F, I myself was seeking some shade and a cool place to center…
woopwoop! I love running into things by pure ‘dum luk’, which is how I happened upon this cool thing. If anyone knows Portland, it so reminded me of an imitation Jamison Square and its fountain…
Delightful place to hang… if I had little rugrats, I’d bring ‘em here all the time and tire them out so they don’t have to create more mess in the house. Another reason I’m fond of MN: it’s a place that’s easy to cultivate family bonding. Loved the swing-​by