New club - Rams Head Live

[eltee]

Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:
  Hey Seth,
 
 In 18 months, want to partner up on buying this place for $2 mil and running it right?  
 
 I've got me a feeling it will be available.

I was going to suggest the same.

[Sir HC]

I would decline if I were him.  It is just too big for so many shows in Baltimore.  In gerenal the bigger the venue the fewer shows that can fill it.  
 
 I wonder if they will have the moving stage to make the smaller shows seem fuller.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Sir HC:
  I would decline if I were him.  It is just too big for so many shows in Baltimore.  In gerenal the bigger the venue the fewer shows that can fill it.  
 
 I wonder if they will have the moving stage to make the smaller shows seem fuller.

Well, there are really several things you can do with it.  
 
   you could split the whole place and make it a concert venue AND a bar, so that you'll have half of the capacity, but still use the rest of the place to make money on just drinks.
   
   and perhaps theres a way to do it temporarily so you can make it all one place for large shows.
 
   thats what I'd do anyway

[eltee]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 you could split the whole place [/QB]

Part of the space could be a coffee shop / used cd store open in the day. (get the tourist $ in too)

[Seth Hurwitz]

Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:
  Hey Seth,
 
 In 18 months, want to partner up on buying this place for $2 mil and running it right?  
 
 I've got me a feeling it will be available.

I passed on it the first 50 times they offered it to us

[Sir HC]

Imagine too the issue of staffing up a place of that size.  I would guess if you have 15+ shows a month that it is pretty much full time for a lot of people, and if you plan to hold 1800 people you need quite a few possible security, bar, and sound people.  Either they will be cannibalizing all the other clubs in b-more to cover these shows, or all new staff.  That is going to be a hard thing to start up with.