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| - So I haven't been to a concert at the Marquee Theatre in years and I was pleasantly surprised of the upgrades they have made to the facility in that time.
The venue as a whole appears cleaner with new floors or maybe a paint job on the floors, regardless, it looks 100x better. The front of the house/foyer/lobby has fun chandeliers and custom paintings of famous rock n' rollers along the ceiling edge. The bar has great decorative lighting (P.S Diet Cokes are $3) and the bathrooms don't look like I will contract hepatitis anymore, yay! They are adorned with cute swervey mirrors (does that make sense?), automatic toilets, and the fancy Dyson hand dryer.
The control booth is still in the center of the audience pit (yes pit, its standing room only), but there was so scaffolding so I am wondering if they are building a balcony. I've never been to a show here where they would need more room for the audience so I am hoping they will move the control booth up there. Also, they have giant fans on the ground to help keep the pit cool. Anyway, there still is a smaller bar to the right of the stage for those that are interested in drinking, but still wants to stay in view of the band.
There is an outside patio that now has chairs lined up against the wall, but don't expect to get fresh air, this is (and always has) been where one goes to smoke. Even though study after study show that smoking is bad for your (and those around you) health , Marquee has decided to put a stand on the patio that will sell you cigarettes so one can stop bumming off of other people (yeah right). Oh, at this show they also offered food - well pizza slices for $3, that is new to me and beneficial to those that frequent the bar.
Awesome job Marquee, I love the facelift. Now if only you could get rid of all those extra ticket fees!
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