Its practically criminal to charge more than full price - cause ticket prices for that place are high- for a subpar performance (in terms of sound/sightlines)
Who's charging "more than full price?" Or do you just mean you think it's an expensive venue?
And what's wrong with the sightlines at DAR?
I believe his point is that, since apparently no show should ever be at DAR, charging anything is overcharging.
yes, no show should ever be at DAR. the venue stinks.
But to each his own.. some in life are happy to take whatever slop is thrown their way and smile. others aspire to more. I believe DC needs a new rock concert venue to fill that midsize niche .. this has been discussed on this board ad nauseum... surprising that the very people who would benefit from this insist on defending DAR which is not meant for rock concerts trotting out the same tired cliches ("Ween rocked DAR!", "I was third row center and it was great"); it does not have acoustics and yes the sightlines on the sides are pretty bad.
Basically IMP rents DAR and uses it as its midsize concert venue; they really have little incentive to build that midsize venue. .. Since they won't do what is patently obvious (the 930 is too small for far too many of its concerts and has been for years; it didn't start out that way but its happened) and build one somebody else will do it..Last I heard that somebody else was Live Nation; no favorite of mine but thats the way the cookie crumbles...
Of course I appreciate IMP and everything they do in town. But for a number of years its been clear that they should build another concert hall. Something in the 2500-3500 range. There was talk but it just hasn't happened; part of the reason it hasn't happened is that IMP can use DAR pretty much whenever it wants. Thats an unfortunate situation for the consumer but very convenient for IMP.
