Watching ANW in person question

[peterpack]

hi guys, as  a pure spectator, what's it like say watching the Vegas finals  ?

When things get started, it is quite a fast moving spectacle ?

Or is it quite a long day, drawn out with lots of breaks inbetween competitor runs ?

Just want to know what to expect

[RiderLeangle]

I have no clue what it's like for vegas, but I was a spectator in one of the most unusual event compared to the rest of ANW, the Baltimore regional, which instead of two days, day one was rained out and qualifiers and city finals were ran in the same night. But anyways, what it's like is completely varied throughout the night really, sometimes which is a majority you have like a minute or so between runs, but sometimes it got dragged out with big gaps between competitors, and then you had the time where they stopped, recorded promos, took a "lunch" break, and then you have times where camera angles get adjusted and stuff and sometimes you just had a huge continuation of runs. In Baltimore we had one extra break though... When they switched things up between rounds, luckily the finals course was finished with the shortened rumbling dice finished at that point but they still had to take down the gates from on top of the Warped Wall, and another time kill in Baltimore was having to measure the competitors at the Body Prop so it could be properly set for everyone.

Also be prepared for the weather... Even if it's been warm in the days, things can be completely different at night... Especially in metal bleachers...
And slightly less relevant, if you're going to do this, be warned that the rails on the bleachers are cold... found that one out the hard way lol

[hashtagswag]

Is there any difference between the sasuke audience seating and the anw seating ?

[RiderLeangle]

Oct 17, 2013 12:49:49 GMT -5 hashtagswag said:

Is there any difference between the sasuke audience seating and the anw seating ?

Well Sasuke is strict friends and family only, the competitors have to put you on the list... ANW you can get (free) tickets for or could get in if you know a competitor (which is ANW's friends and family section, although you really just need to know their number)

On top of that there's more of an audience for the whole thing, you mainly only have a seated audience for Stage 1 in Japan, the later stages are more standing room only really, and I don't know how many people get to stay but based on the broadcasts it seems like much less people than started, but I mean I'm not sure you get kicked out because in the broadcasts I know that some spectators get to stick around

[SKC99]

Great Question! I was at the Vegas finals this year and I would arrive at the lot around 8 (about the time when it's supposed to start), but I had to pretty much WAIT 2 hours watching the slow production team get ready. I actually had fun, getting a chance to meet some of the competitors, but overall, I was SICK of waiting for the production team. The lot was VERY dry and I couldn't watch it all because of having to be at our hotels at night. (I wasn't there just to watch ANW, I had a WHOLE vacation there.)

[SASUKEFan2004]

SKC99 Dude how'd you get to go to Las Vegas to watch it, who are you, and did you get to see the 3rd Stage?

[SKC99]

Flew to Vegas. I'm a big sasuke fan in Lexington, Kentucky. Didn't get to see stage 3 I only saw like 20 stage 1 runs and that's pretty much it

[grandpaninja]

Anyone can watch the finals in Vegas with free tickets just go to on-camera-audiences.com/shows/American_Ninja_Warrior and print them.