Showbox Sodo to take over where Fenix fell
The huge SoDo venue that once was The Premier and then Fenix (as in Fenix Underground) is being taken over by the Shobox and new shows as billed to begin playing as soon as Sept 21. I have always loved this space as it has a huge stage lifted way off the ground and it was rumored to have had the sound set up by a famous local sound man from the days of grunge scene. I believe he used to set up for Soundgarden…Someone please add in the details of this guy if you know them…
The ex-Premier soon to be Showbox SoDo- is a 1500 ft space where as the Showbox-soon to be Showbox at the Market-sits at only 1100. I can olny hope they pay as much attention to teiring the floor and working the sound as they did in the original.
Check out the story in the Times here
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Wow. Big news, Kev. Thanks for the update.
I lived in SoDo when The Premier first opened, and yeah, I can confirm that the owner of Premier was a sound guy for Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. His name is Mark Naficy. I remember seeing him hanging around the club when I lived down in SoDo.
The venue is great. I have seen a few shows there, and hope the Showbox can make it work well. Club closures are always a bad sign, but this space is well thought-out, sounds pretty good, and is in a decent location.