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Bowery To Open Brooklyn Steel
The Bowery Presents announced Dec. 5 the new Brooklyn Steel venue in the Williamsburg area of New York’s Brooklyn borough, to open in the spring.
The roughly 1,800-capacity facility is 20,000-square feet with raised platforms and a mezzanine allowing for great sightlines from anywhere within the building.
There are also three bars, 40 restrooms, three dressing rooms with full bathrooms and washers and drye and 250-capacity
The Decemberists, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Two Door Cinema Club, Animal Collective, Perfume Genius, Whitney, Tycho, The Black Angels, and
“Brooklyn Steel is filling a void in the Brooklyn music scene, offering the largest general admission venue in New York’s largest borough,” The Bowery Presents’ John Moore and Jim Glancy said in a statement. “With every venue we open, we aim to create a space where both fans and bands can fully enjoy the experience.”
The building will reflect the industrial look of the neighborhood with a main lobby bar created from scrap metal and a salvaged five-ton steel hook hanging over the main lobby that will feature an original installation from a local artist.