re: When will south Louisiana get a first-class amphitheater??

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We really need a good 2000-5000 capacity indoor theater.

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River Center Theater seats about 2000.

I think "great tours" skip Baton Rouge because Baton Rouge sucks. I STILL don't think we've gotten past the AC/DC concert/Ozzy Osbourne death threat controversies from the 1980s. The reputation of BR being a one horse Bible thumping town has not left us for the most part.

If not for the internet and direct emails from Ticketmaster, I'd never know who was playing in Baton Rouge because there is virtually no TV/Radio advertising for upcoming acts. For example, one of the nation's premier female jazz vocalists, Jane Monheit, didn't sell 600 seats (2 shows) at the Shaw Center because there was absolutely NO advertising. I doubt she ever comes back.

A "proper" indoor theater, like the Verizon Center near Dallas (where Diana Krall sold out 6300 seats) would sit idle in Baton Rouge.