The Venue Verdict Is In
The deluge of comments on my Radiohead fiasco post last month included a debate on whether Merriweather Post Pavilion was just as bad as Nissan Pavilion. Having never made it out there, I didn’t comment, but last night Mrs. J. West and I braved rush-hour traffic on the BW Parkway to see R.E.M..
After doing some calculations, I can say that MPP is exactly 9,531 times better than Nissan.
Traffic in and out was kept orderly and flowing. Parking was painless. On-site staff knew what they were doing. The layout and even the landscape were vastly superior. Granted, we didn’t have the apocalyptic weather conditions this time out, but what I saw on a temperate summer evening gave me confidence in their ability to handle disaster.
By the way, the show was great too. Modest Mouse played a great opener (we missed The National), R.E.M. had us eating out of their hand for their full two-hour set, and they played my favorite, “Driver 8.” All was well.
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
MPP is also not in the middle of nowhere. It’s a bit closer to civilization than Nissan.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I would love to know what the city has planned for the RFK site. It would be great if they could some how turn that into an outside music venue like Nissan. Maybe CP can do some research into that for a story…