New NYC Concert Venue to Open
Amid all the bad news about live rock music venues in New York City closing down, here's a bit of good news: a new concert space that holds 3,000 is set to open in midtown in October.
Terminal 5, as it will be called, is run by Bowery Presents, the same organization that puts on shows at Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall. It says that Terminal 5 (formerly the Exit dance club) is "the largest midtown venue to open in more than ten years."
Terminal 5 will be at 610 West 56th Street between 11th and 12th Aves.
So who's playing there? Here's their "starting lineup" of live gigs:
OCTOBER
11: The National
19: M.I.A.
20: Justice
23-24: The Shins with Vetiver
NOVEMBER
1-2: The Decemberists
23: State Radio with The Beautiful Girls
30 - 12/1: Ween
Sounds like a great start to me. It's always good to have more live rock concert locations in the City... especially in places that are near mass transit or at least a short cab ride away.
Bowery Presents Web site: www.bowerypresents.com
