wasn't able to spot anyone's mic stands when I did arrive!
we set up at the back of the first tier.
had mics at head level until lights went down, then we raised them a lil bit.
the wiltern wasnt gonna allow us to bring our stand in, so we left it at the coat check.
tracked down kirt (foh) and he went with us while we retrieved our stand.
he said he didnt care were we ran as long as we stayed out of his sight lines.
they wouldnt allow a tri-pod for video though, so other guy had a bunch of hassles in that dept.