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Jeff,



Where did you see they booked Riddle of Steel and Dozemarypool for Sept 1?? Is there a web site? I found the calendar and it shows Sept 1 still open.....help, please.

I saw it on pollstar, which is to say it may very well not happen...

Stopped in the on Wed evening. Wow! Someone dropped a bundle on this place.

It's so big- and soon to expand- I wonder if they will be able to attract the numbers they need to bring in on a daily basis.



Looks like it will be a great place to see a band. Bartender said she had heard that they had booked Sheryl Crow.

I went down to the Rock House last night (Thursday), and the place looks amazing. What made the evening even better was that Steve Ewing from the Urge got up on stage and played a 2 hour set with a guitarist. It was great hearing some of those old Urge tunes... We're goin to the liquor store!

Went there last night. Nice place and you can tell they spent a ton of money on the place. Great to see infill like this.



Though the bathroom situation there really sucks. Only one unisex on the main level. Small 3 unit mens and womens in the basement and second floor. Last night even with a smaller crowd there were lines at times. If they get a full house it's really going to suck spending half your time in the line for the restroom.



Guys: lots of women there last night. A very non-sausage fest ratio.

The food menu looks good too.



I think if they get control of the junk yard, an outdoor concert venue is planned. It'd be a great location for an amphitheater. Anything is better than Riverport (can't recall the name this year).

SoulardD wrote:What made the evening even better was that Steve Ewing from the Urge got up on stage and played a 2 hour set with a guitarist. It was great hearing some of those old Urge tunes... We're goin to the liquor store!

I saw him perform at Jammin' at the Zoo last week - he sounds awesome with just a single guitar player backing him.

Matt wrote:The food menu looks good too.



I think if they get control of the junk yard, an outdoor concert venue is planned. It'd be a great location for an amphitheater. Anything is better than Riverport (can't recall the name this year).

I've heard the same rumor about them wanting the junk yard for an outdoor venue. I agree that Riverport sucks big-time a**. Though this place would be much smaller: kinda like Stubbs in Austin Texas. Good for 2000-3000.



They're having a Kennedy's Reunion Show this Friday at the Old Rock House. Members of The Urge, Pale Devine, Big Fun etc are supposed to be playing. Trying to decide between that and Robert Randolph playing at "Live on the Levee".

That amphitheater space sounds like a great idea. Better, and most important, much more convenient than Verizon Wireless.



I'll have to check out the current space soon.

The Central Scrutinizer wrote:

dweebe wrote:They're having a Kennedy's Reunion Show this Friday at the Old Rock House. Members of The Urge, Pale Devine, Big Fun etc are supposed to be playing. Trying to decide between that and Robert Randolph playing at "Live on the Levee".

You may be able to do both. I'm thinking RR would be done by 9:00 or 9:30?



If you have to choose, pick RR. It's not even close.

I'm thinking both. But I'm kinda gunshy after the split Cardinals double header on Saturday (followed by the Old Rock House). My liver and wallet hate me.

I'll be at RR as well I love both Stubbs and the Backyard in Austin!

I had lunch there this week and it was very good. Pretty decent lunch crowd also. The building is remarkable and definately should receive some type of award. The view of downtown and the Arch is very nice as the building has huge windows.



Restrooms are next to nonexistent. I don't know how they plan on handling anything greater than a lunch crowd. Maybe there are some in the basement??

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They were part of the development team that was working on the Ice House District, but I believe they split off from that group. Haven't heard anything about the Ice House District in quite a while.

Matt wrote:Restrooms are next to nonexistent. I don't know how they plan on handling anything greater than a lunch crowd. Maybe there are some in the basement??

There are bathrooms in the basement. The guys has two urinals and one toilet. The gals room downstairs (according to my fiance') has two toilets.



Like I said they had barely a 1/4 full crowd last Saturday night and there were lines for the restrooms. If they get an event with a full house, things could get pretty messy. Something tells me they're going to end up like rBar and having to put porta-potties outside plus doing emergency construction to add restrooms.

^inexplicable to put that much money in a place yet not include enough restroom space.





Maybe they will include additional restrooms during the next phase of construction when they add teh dining room to the south of the stage area.

Add a trough in each bathroom and they're set.

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I hate those things.

innov8ion wrote:Add a trough in each bathroom and they're set.

Welcome to Wrigley! never mind the stench! I am not even talking about the urinals

Nothing more says you're at a "quality" drinking establishment then when the mens room has a trough. That explains why they have them at Wrigley Field.

it has to be done, here is a cub fan diving into a trough of urine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfV6Yo2-q0o



drunk cub fans... so typical