Vasa Park

In response to the review below,
Vasa Park rents out the Facility for concerts, festivals, reunions, weddings, and more.
When we hold our own private events we do allow outside drinks and have never had an issue with parking.
Unfortunately during a private event it is up to the person running the event and not up to the venue itself as to who allows outside food and drink.
So please do not blame the park for the issues you had with a specific event such as a concert.
We do appreciate you visiting the park. We also hope you do choose to visit for one of our personal events. And if you choose to come please feel free to bring any outside food you choose.
We are not ashamed of anything because we work very hard to keep this park running.
thank you

I went to a rock concert at this park. Conceptually, it’s a great venue for such an event. There is ample parking, indoor women’s bathroom, a nice slope down to the stage. Once we were there, we had a great time. Two things stood out for me as very big issues.
First was getting into the park off of 31. Traffic was backed up for miles in every direction because there was only two parking attendants. Many people missed the first act due to the slowness of this process. They need more parking attendants for an event of this size.
The second issue is that you cannot bring any outside food or drink. There were a couple of beer and water vendors but the cost was outrageous. Ten dollars for a beer in a small cup.
The operators of this venue should be ashamed of their greed and lack of thought for the people spending money to be there.
I gave it three stars because it is a nice facility, but it is poorly run and I will never go to a show there again.

Vasa Park is owned and operated by Scandinavian Park, Inc. I don’t believe it is open on a daily basis except for park events, such as the Scandinavian Day Festival, which Christopher and I attended today,
There aren’t many of us Scandahoovians around anymore, so the Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Finns and Icelanders have grouped together to celebrate a shared heritage. Thus, Vasa park was born many years ago. I believe it was originally a Swedish park, but times and lack of new immigrants brought all the Scandinavians together.
The park sits on the Fox River. It is ideally suited for festivals and such. Today we enjoyed Scandinavian food and entertainment and also the company of good friends Laura A, Karen P and Lisa S, who just happen to be Unilocalers as well.
Will be back next year for sure, and maybe even check out the Fish Boil in October. It was a bit of a ride from Chicago, but aside from an excessive amount of pesky wasps, it was a great day in a nice setting with good friends.