Philly to get two new concert venues – NJNews
If all goes as planned, Philadelphia will have two new venues for local and visiting musicians to perform, one being a Philly version of the increasingly popular House of Blues. If City Council rules that the new venue will not negatively impact the surrounding residential area, House of Blues’ Philly location will be on the waterfront near the Sugar House casino and hold approximately 3,000 attendees. Not ideal for a public transportation accessible site, but will still be a big draw because of the talent it can pull in. The second possible new venue would be a venture by Bowery Presents, that oversees the Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall venues in New York City. This would be located on 10th & Spring Garden, where the old Spaghetti Warehouse was located. This would be much smaller and a club type atmosphere, holding 800, making it more comparable to the TLA and Trocadero. How bad will this effect the existing venues in the area? That remains to be seen, as does the final legal issues of getting these projects up and running. If anyone is effected I hope it’s the Troc. That place blows donkey dick anyway. Bowery’s site hopes to open by Fall 2011 and House of Blues is still in the early planning stages.
