Not down, but something strange is going on with that parameter. All of these work, but state=ny brings me nothing either

http://api.seatgeek.com/2/venues?state=new&nbspyork

http://api.seatgeek.com/2/venues?state=california

http://api.seatgeek.com/2/venues?state=ca

Sorry about that. I'm deploying a fix right now.