PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A group of paying customers were kept out of a Barclays Center concert on Thursday night after a stampede of unticketed fans forced cops to shut the doors to the event for good.
During Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2017, which featured The Weeknd, Migos and Lil Uzi Vert, a crowd of fans without tickets tried to storm the venue by force and get into the sold-out show. (Scroll down to see video.)
Police stopped them from gaining entry, then used pepper spray on the crowd outside, which included some people with tickets who were trying to get in lawfully. But the arena's doors were shut for good for the night and no more people were let in — ticketed or otherwise.
A statement from Barclays Center said doors were shut "in order to provide a safe and secure environment for all guests."
Watch: Barclays Center Shuts Doors After Fans Try To Storm Concert
Barclays Center security worked with the NYPD to get the crowd under control, the statement said. Fans whose tickets were not scanned will be issued full refunds, according to the statement.
That didn't sit well with people who said they paid hundreds of dollars to see the show.
"Tfw you just want to go to a concert but instead you get pepper sprayed by the NYPD," Danica Erin wrote on Twitter.
"#PowerhouseNYC worst concert ever. Waited in line for an hr and half to get pushed and shoved pepper sprayed by cops and then denied entry," another Twitter user wrote.
Check out scenes from the concert below:
Lead photo by Kathleen Culliton, Patch Staff
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