I miss Wetlands. Too bad they never had a going away party.

its kind of ironic L'Amour moved to Staten Island.

I never understood why L'Amours moved. How could rent in that area go up? What competition was there? It's sad to see Shapiro having to move to Brooklyn, especially Williamsburg.

wetlands basically stopped after 9/11 if i remember. they were supposed to close down but just ended abruptly.

i think its interesting that no one wants b&t nightclubs in their neighborhoods but no one seems to be minding these new music venues.

Rock + Bowling is usually a good combination, I could see that working out in Brooklyn. Should be cool!

Didn't the Fireside Bowl in Chicago shut down a couple of years ago? If music and bowling don't mix in Chicago, how can they possibly mix in New York?

i'm stoked about the bowling alley! hopefully games are relatively cheap, not $10/game.

in detriot you have the magic stick and majestic theatre complex and there is a bowling alley in it. that's pretty much where every indie rock show is.

Love the bowling alley/music club idea, but I sincerely hope it's not very, very (very) overpriced and always way too crowded. Hoping for a non-Bedford area locale... that might help.

The Rock & Bowl in New Orleans is a successful bowling/concert mixed venue.

"i think its interesting that no one wants b&t nightclubs in their neighborhoods but no one seems to be minding these new music venues."

that's because the crowds that the b&t nightclubs attract always suck, and music crowds only suck half the time. they have the meatpacking district. have you ever been to a show in the meatpacking district? I did once and it sucked.

I can't wait for the bowling alley. I agree that a non-Bedford location would be ideal.

Im betting a two hour wait for a lane. They will price accordingly. Hopefully you can reserve a lane. Are you talking 10 bucks per person or per game?

asbury lanes is doing the show/bowling thing wonderfully these days.

The Fireside Bowl "closing down" had nothing to do with it being a bowling alley and everything to do with years of pressure from a city with draconian liquor laws that make it next to impossible to operate an all ages club-sized venue.

For the record, the Fireside still has 21+ shows and bowling.

If Andrew WK opens a venue there, I will shit myself.

Unfortunately it's really close to an NYU dorm, so we all know what that means.

Speaking of which, does anyone know who's playing the NYU Mystery Concert this year?

I just want everyone to know, the bowling/live music venue idea, was 100% my idea....

I have been talking about doing this for years, I just don't have the capital like Pete Shapiro does.

Though I tell ya, if there is one guy I trust will do this and do it well....Pete's the guy...

I believe the Rock and Bowl in New Orleans is closed. Caught a show there with the family a couple of years ago. Between the bowling and the music my son had a great time along with us.
Great idea.

Rock and Bowl in NOLA is still open. I was there during JazzFest of this year.

every moron is going to line up and spend as much it is for a lane, just because they can. what a gimmick.

if you wanna bowl, go to a bowling alley. if you wanna see a band, go to a venue.

The Rock & Bowl in New Orleans is (a) still open & (b) the greatest single place on earth

Take the hipsters bowling, take them bowling!

what is a b&t nightclub? anyway, if this club is modeled after the bowery i think it should be real good. bowery has the best layout in my opinion and it sounds like the acoustics will be incredible

i miss my fucking northsix =[

I miss it too, ash..

in that article it said that Northsix specialized in metal? All of the bands that are booked at the Bowery venues were the same bands that played at Northsix regularly. They had a few metal shows, but to say it specialized in metal?

"they have the meatpacking district. have you ever been to a show in the meatpacking district? I did once and it sucked."

The description of the Music Hall sounds like something that you would find in the meatpacking district.

I wonder how they got rid of the columns? They seemed integral to the structure.

They probably reinforced the roof with horizontal I-beams. Should be no problem unless theres very heavy snowfall, or ice accumulation on the roof.