You could be standing directly across from the stage and still have a great view.” You could be at any point, any area of the room, and you’re still this close to the stage. “The curve is mostly to create the best live experience for fans. “What I tell artists when they come in and preview the stage is that you can see the facial expressions of the person at the very back of the room, the way that it’s designed,” Biasutti claims. The club has a 22-foot x 40-foot stage with a permanent LED wall, and faces a two-level hall, the lower level accommodating 2202 people and the curved mezzanine 351, for a total capacity of 2553. Swallow/Thornton Tomasetti was the acoustic consultant. The architect was IBI Group, with sound design by PRG and its lead engineer Jon Halliwell.

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“I’d love to see a symphony on this stage,” he adds. Biasutti says it’s suitable for concerts of all genres as well as private weddings and corporate functions. Unlike Drake’s members-only Sher Club inside Scotiabank Arena, described by Toronto Life as having a “vampire-in-Vegas vibe,” or his custom-built mansion in the prestigious Bridle Path, described in an Architectural Digest feature as “a marvel of old-world craftsmanship, constructed of limestone, bronze, exotic woods, and other noble materials,” History’s interior is plain and timeless. Bleachers perform opening night at History in Toronto Tom Pandi

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