The brand new Intuit Dome in Inglewood remembered to “Leave the Door Open” on Friday night, as the ticketing debacle from the night before was solved and fan waltzed into the new arena for a Bruno Mars concert.
Friday’s concert was the second of two as the pop superstar had the chance to open up the $2 billion arena and home of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Opening night on Thursday was a great show from Mars, by all accounts, but that doesn’t mean it went exactly smoothly.
The unique ticketing systems at the arena, which requires patrons to download the Intuit Dome smartphone app, were down for about 40 minutes before the show. That meant fans couldn’t transfer their tickets from third-party sellers, and the arena’s face scanners, which allows visitors to enter the arena without scanning tickets, were down.
The complications led Mars to start the show nearly two hours after the scheduled time.
But on Friday many of the complications appeared to be ironed out. The “24K Magic” singer started his set on time and the technological issues were held to a minimum.