Indigo

Indigo is one of my favorite bars at Penn State. Thursday nights are definitely the day to go! The line is usually long but there’s great specials during happy hour from 10pm-​12am, $ 2 teas and $ 3 vodka sodas. I’d recommend getting there around 9:30pm in order to not wait in line. There’s a huge dance floor and multiple bars throughout the location. Definitely one of the bigger bars at Penn State. I’d highly recommend it!

When I used to go to Penn State I loved this place. Besides Duo (which closed) this was like the only other club at State. Now that I’m older, I’ve realized a couple things. The music is ON POINT, love it but to get a drink is almost near impossible. I almost waited like 20 minutes to get a drink and I left because I“m not paying cover and standing near a bar where the bartender is only paying attention to one section. I understand it’s a bunch of drunk college kids but service is service. Other than the service of the bartenders I would definitely recommend people to come out on the floor once in awhile to make sure no one is dying on the dance floor. I saw someone puking on the dance floor and I left immediately. To clean that up is difficult especially when it’s packed unless you notice it right away.

Cheap drinks and rip cheap shots. Makeout on the dancefloor with some babes. Be sure to leave before the lights come on. It ain’t always pretty.

I visited Indigo and witness predatory behavior from the security. A male security that was sober grabbed an intoxicated woman towards him, bringing her closer to his body and while groping her waist and butt. She was obviously drunk, very uncoordinated and staggered. You wouldn’t have allowed this person to drive home. She kept dancing and moving away, but he kept pulling her closer to him, and what looked rubbing his body on hers. There was a moment when he turned her around and pulled her in so that his groin was pressed against her back. She finally just danced/​walked away while stumbling.
I asked the woman collecting the entrance fee at the front door if I could speak to her. I told her what I witnessed and she could not give me a response.
I am writing this review to address the conditions at Indigo. Your security create a space conducive to sexual assault. That woman was obviously intoxicated and that security tried to take advantage of her incapacitated inhibitions. She was in no state to give consent. Please folks, be aware that this place knows no boundaries.

As far as I know, this is the only club atmosphere/​scene near Penn State. After walking down a flight of stairs, you quickly see the open dance floor and two bars. Drinks were decent and reasonably priced. The music was good and upbeat.
I’ve honestly had nights at other clubs where drinks have been spilled on me, drunken idiots have shoved me and waited an absurd number of minutes for a drink. Indigo did a great job at keeping the craziness under control while allowing their patrons to have a good time. No one bothered me or seemed too out of control.
It’s a venue large enough to cram tons of people yet remain passable. The line on this particular Saturday night was loonnggg. It’s obvious that knowing certain people will shorten your wait.
The crowd is what it is… bunch of college kids looking to hook up and get wasted. It’s a college town. What else would you expect?

If you are looking for club atmosphere yes Indigo is the place. Scantly clothed girls, drink specials, and bar tenders that don’t give two rats behinds about you, yes this is the place.
By golly you better come with a group of at least six or you will have a terrible time. Reserve a table early and don’t leave if you want service.
Watch out frat rage may happen fist pumping included.

Indigo is a horrible place. On a Friday or Saturday night you will wait forever to get a very watered down drink. I had no buzz after 5 Vegas bombs, which is unheard of. Ladies, there are a lot of creepy guys there. Some are 35+ which is not what I’m looking for as a college student. Also, bad music. Not just that I don’t like it, but the beat is hard to dance to and once music stopped for 5 min with explanation. Really dislike this place.

Went here for my my 21^st, and wasn’t able to drink shots but that’s par for the course.
I politely asked one of the bartenders if I could have a baileys on the rocks and he replied that he had to ask and said several times that I was being too «hype» — after I apologized and tried to explain that I hadn’t meant to come across as demanding. Then he rudely said that I was only allowed to have beer. I ordered a bottle of champagne before and got it, but for a 5 dollar tip for opening a bottle I would have expected the bartender to look at me for more than 5 seconds, although he might have been overwhelmed. Some of the other bartenders where nice, But all in all they don’t know what customer service is here. I’m a waiter in the same town, and there is just a way to talk to people and a way not talk to people– and the staff at indigo does not know how to talk to people.

I don’t know what these guys have against me, but this place is the worst! Tonight was the second time that I showed up after having one drink at another bar and was refused entrance because I was «too drunk.» I’m a fairly big guy, and one drink is hardly going to do me in, but because I have an allergic reaction to some beers that makes my face go red, they refuse to let me in? I call shenanigans!
Don’t bother bringing a group here: they’ll send half of you away for no good reason.

I’ve been there only a handful of times but after this weekend I’ve decided I’ll never be going again.
1. The DJ is terrible.
2. The men’s room is nasty and smell very bad.
3. The staff is rude and unprofessional.
4. It’s not kept clean.
Overall the place just isn’t entertaining or pleasant. My advice to anyone is if you see a long line at the entrance, don’t waist your time, it’s not worth the wait. Go somewhere else.

Facts ~ A Poem
If you’re a BRO than you should GO
If you’re NOT then you’ll regret going a LOT

My biggest problem with Indigo is that it was so busy I couldn’t get access to a bartender who could provide me with enough drinks to put up with:
1. Having someone spill their drink on me
2. A terrible DJ
3. Every undergraduate student that could be packed onto a mediocre dance floor
4. People falling asleep while using the bathroom
5. Vomit
6. Wasps in the vomit (not kidding)
7. The fact that I paid someone $ 3 to go to this hell hole

Probably the closest thing to a nightclub that State College has. They always have great drink specials and the DJ is usually pretty good. If you’re looking to dance and hang with a young crowd, this is your place.

Divey undergraduate infested club. Cover is $ 3?! Never have I seen cover that low before. At that point, why even charge cover at all? Fully stocked bar with beer and liquor.
All the typical signs of a college club:
— Spilled alcohol on ground
— Roided up athletes
— Fist pumping
— Shots of Captain Morgan
I’ll have to pass on this place. Maybe if I was 21 again, I’d love it, but Indigo is pretty damn grimy.

I always seem to end up at this place. Arrive at 9:40, beat the cover. Down a few drinks while playing «the waiting game» until people are actually dancing. Start to feel good. Time to dance.
If you don’t like dancing or clubs, don’t expect this place to magically knock you off your feet. It’s basically one big dance floor with some flashy lights. It’s as fun as you make it.
The DJ’s are usually mediocre, but I tend to be more a music critic than my friends. What I mean by mediocre is they will play your favorite song, finally! But then they switch it in 10 seconds to another just ok song. Every once in a while they have a really awesome DJ though.
I think the main reason I like coming here is because the bouncers and the staff are all really nice. That’s rare in the college town that is State College.
So if you wanna get down and dance all night, grab a bunch of your friends and head over to Indigo.

State Patty’s, 2011.
By 9pm there were 2500+ people in line and they closed after being open for 22 minutes.
SUCCESS.

I’m THAT friend that gets wrangled into going to Indigo. The one that can’t dance unless he’s comedy option drunk, doesn’t exactly want to find a one night stand, and mostly just wants to drink and chill with buds while listening to D&B. I can live with just that at least. I hadn’t been there in ages and my old friend visited town again so I decided «Sure, why not? At least I can get blitzed enough to forget I’m here.»
Therein lies the problem. I get in, throw down $ 5 for cover and $ 1 for coat check. No biggie. I get to the triangular bar island near the nuclear toilets and manage to get two Miller Lite aluminums in roughly about 5 minutes of waiting which isn’t bad on a packed night which I quickly dispose of.
This begins to worry me. I am not getting drunk fast enough for how trashy everyone around me is. I switch to liquor. I hit up the same island again, 5 minute wait, I get a vodka red bull that is the size of a small Dixie cup. There is barely any booze in this drink. I am upset, yet adamant in my quest for drunken forgetfulness.
I move with my group to the lower area on the left with the long vertical bar island. I switch back to beer and decide to order two pints of Sam Adams, just anything to keep the train of forget moving. The tiny female bartender took roughly 15 minutes to notice me as I tried to flag her down. At least I eventually left with my beers, which I downed. I returned for another two. I waited in the same spot as before for over a good 20 – 30 minutes waiting for the bartender who in this time period waited on cuter men, chatted with them, and proceeded to serve everyone else but myself and the two gruff looking frat-​types next to me. I left the bar area, flagged down one of the Miller Lite girls, and just bought an aluminum bottle from them while I waited. Ahh, convienence.
The two frat guys took issue with this massive wait unlike myself, who was still patient due the fact I wasn’t nearly buzzed enough. One of them tried to flag the girl down one last time and when she walked by, they were ignored. He’d had enough. Fratman yelled after her, «FUCKING WUSS!». Apparently this was upsetting enough to this novice bartender to have two bouncers come down, take Fratman under each arm, and throw him out as if he was in a cartoon western. Shortly after this, the little girl audibly cried and left the bar island area to go into the back, either to sob about how terrible at the job she was or for the sake of drama.
My friend, noticing this altercation, the overall look of pain and confusion on my face from the lack of booze, took me by the arm and proceeded to drag me out of Indigo. She promised me we’d go to Zeno’s later.
We did.
It was so much better.

It is 11:50pm on Thursday at Indigo, and I’m on my phone writing a Unilocal review. There is definitely something wrong with that. The dance floor is at most half full, and the music is bad right now. The only reason they’re getting two stars is cuz of the drink specials.
Okay, so I’m finishing up this review at home, and I’ll admit that as I was leaving around 12:20am it got slightly better. There were more people dancing, but the music was still lame. My friend this was a dead night for Indigo, so I really wonder what a good night for them is like because i’ve heard such «crazy» things about this place. I might give this place another chance, but doubtful. I do like how there’s lots of seating though.

Went here on a Sunday night to watch my friend perform. As far as I know, its one of the only «clubs» in State College. I used to go there when it was The Players Club, which was so 4 years ago! Gasp.
$ 3 cover charge but it was going to a charity, I think the AIDS Project. We got a free Barcardi drink voucher because they are trying to come up with a new name to market their Sunday nights.
I like the space of booths/​tables, dance floor and pool tables. And they have a 2^nd bar that I assume they open up when it gets crowded.

I never leave this place without muttering to myself, «what the fuck were you thinking?»
If you want to go clubbing in State College, you’ll have to go here. But why? What are you going to do? Drink sugary, brightly colored cocktails and flavorless beer? Flirt with members of the probably underage crowd? Dance?
If you can dance in Indigo, more power to you. The DJs will be playing snippets of Top 40 hits both current and nostalgic (for the generation that’s likely to comprise Indigo’s clientele – think TRL) of less than one minute each. This means that if you hear a song you like, it will most likely be rapidly interrupted by a song you don’t like. The crowd seems to eat up every song and dances with reckless abandon. If that’s you, please sign up to have your brain studied when you die. The rest of us don’t understand you.
The fact is, small American towns like State College are way behind the rest of the world when it comes to music, particularly dance music. Disco, house, and techno – all American inventions – were created specifically for the purpose of making dancing interesting, making it an intellectually rich, expressive avant-​garde. They’ve been dancing to this still-​evolving music in New York, Chicago, Detroit, London, Berlin, and all over the rest of the world for over 30 years. No, it’s not «Eurotrash» music. Lady Gaga is Eurotrash. Techno is part of what cultural historians call Afrofuturism.
If you’re leaving home, paying a cover, and accepting overpriced drinks with maximum hangover potential, wouldn’t you rather hear something you’ve never heard before? Wouldn’t you like to let music blow your mind? Wouldn’t you like to have a singular experience that you’ll remember forever?
No? Okay. Bring condoms.