Local Concert Venue Talks Potential New Addition
February 3, 2010 by Andrew Theis
COLUMBUS - With the New Year underway, the spring concert lineups for Columbus are set to take stage, with a vast majority being housed at Promowest Pavilion. Avid fans farmiliar with the area's music scene off Neil Avenue when broken down into the four venues; the Lifestyle's Community Pavilion, Newport Music Hall, the Basement and the A&R Music Box.
But with so many acts stopping through Columbus this year, questions have been brought up regarding space, or better; is there enough space to accomodate the increasing numbers of people attending these concerts? The issue has been brought to the attention of Promowest, with one reasonable solution in sight; a new venue.
The vacant lot on the west side of Neil Avenue has, for years, been used for parking for events held by both Nationwide Arena and Promowest. A new venue built in the lot would potentially alleviate the strain of increasing crowds on exsisting venues, opening up opportunity for more income and publicity amoung acts coming to Columbus. But while the prospect of adding a new venue could be some time away, Ohio State student and eager Promowest attender Brittany Layton says the idea of adding a new concert venue is exciting, even now.
"I'm an huge fan of the smaller venues, like the Basement", says Layton, "because of the personal feeling it has. Building another venue like it would be a great addition to the scene."
Although no plans for an addition are concrete, specualtion on the matter has been more than enough to catch the attention of Promowest, which could be just enough to get the potential plans plans up and functioning.
President and founder of Promowest Productions, Scott Stienecker, was contacted on the matter, but was unavailable for questioning as to the future of Promowest.
Promowest was founded in 1983 by Stienecker to bring quality acts to central Ohio, and is still regarded today as the one of the largest, full-service, premier independent entertainment companies in the country.