My first and last experience with The Space. Walking up the the venue the sound filled the streets from inside. Stepping into the lobby I was immediately hit with the booming sound from the warm up band. They sucked, so I saved my ears and waited for them to get off.
After getting seated in front row of balcony I observed the venue while the stage got set up.
I noted brick walls on the sides, steel corrugated roof with steel truss construction along with massive sheet metal a/c ducting. I thought , " how can this be a good acoustic design?". Well, it turned out, not good at all.
The band comes on and the volumes are just way to high. The kick drums were so over miked along with the vocal set up, I could barely hear the bass guitar. Not using foam ear plugs was NOT an option. I was ready to leave after 10 minutes.