The
newest House of Blues is set to launch in Boston on February 20 at
the Landsdowne street address formerly occupied by the Avalon &
Axis nightclubs.
The new HoB will encompass 53,000-square-foot
and include a 2,400 capacity music hall, a restaurant, a VIP lounge,
and a gift shop for the merchandise-inclined.
The opening will mark a return to New England
for the music chain, which first opened doors in Boston's Harvard
Square in 1992 and remained there until it closed in 2003.
The new HoB is expected to help to revitalize
Boston's live music scene which has seen a downturn since the closing
of Avalon and Axis with the Wilbur Theatre, The Orpheum (booked
by Live Nation), and the nightclub The Roxy being the primary live
music outlets in the market.
"It's going to be the busiest place
that's ever been at that location," Don Law, president of Live
Nation New England told the Boston Globe. "Avalon and Axis
were doing between 100 and 125 shows a year, but House of Blues
could do nearly double that, closer to 300."
The
new HoB is set to launch on February 20 with a show by The Gipsy Kings.
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