November 27th 2002
Guns n Roses concert
Albany, New York, USA
 

Albany's Pepsi Arena, formerly Knickerbocker Arena, continues to have great success as it enters its eleventh year. Renamed in January 1997, the Pepsi Arena is "Upstate New York's Premier Sports and Entertainment Facility."

Owned by Albany County and operated by SMG, the world's largest private management firm for public assembly facilities, the Pepsi Arena has an adaptable seating capacity of 6,000 to 17,500. Since Frank Sinatra christened the building January 30, 1990, more than seven million patrons have walked through the turnstiles as the Arena has averaged 165 events a year.

"The crowd, which had waited impatiently for more than 75 minutes after the second of two opening acts wrapped up their performance, finally had something to cheer about at 10:30 p.m., but let's face it, the current GNR incarnation bears little resemblance to the old powerhouse."
Source: Greg Haymes, Timesunion.com

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