RTP-area local music and culture

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Out here in Seattle, the entire state is smoke-free in all buildings.
I adore it.  I'm 10x more likely to go to a rock show now without the
smoke.  When they first passed the law, a lot of clubs were against
it, saying it would run off their customers.  What they found in
reality was the smokers still came (they go outside to smoke between
bands) and the clubs were able to add more non-smokers to their
customer base.

I'm not sure the same would be true there.  But, I'd be tickled to
have non-smoking shows (or smoke-limited shows like you're describing)
in CH by the time I move back there!

Gary

On Aug 21, 11:26 am, DJ Golf <djg... AT mindspring.com> wrote:
> I know I would be inclined to come to 506 more often if smoking was at
> least limited somewhat.  For us to go out on a weeknight these days it
> has to be someone we really really want to see, and it's easy to use
> "we're gonna smell like walking ashtrays when we get home" as an
> excuse not to go.  The smoke-free Cradle is great.
>
> Mrs. Golf and I went with some friends from Richmond to see Gang of
> Four at the 9:30 in DC a couple of years ago, and apparently there is
> a two pack per person minimum at the 9:30 (at least for the 3 tobacco
> fiends in front of us.)  Great show, nice venue, but we were miserable
> all night.
>
> On Aug 21, 2:19 pm, local... AT gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Although this discussion died down on here, it's still something I've
> > been battling on a regular basis at the club.  Recently, by request of
> > the artist, we tried restricting smoking to the bar-area only, while
> > no smoking was allowed in the room where the artist performed.  And it
> > worked really well - I got several comments about how (somehow!) the
> > smoke itself didn't infiltrate the smoke-less room (or likely, it did
> > so at ceiling-level, not head-level!)  And this show was well-
> > attended, over 100 people.
>
> > Anyway, I'm seriously considering this as a permanent policy, but
> > looking for feedback before making this decision.
>
> > glenn / local 506
>
> > ps: Of course, all Summer I've been seriously considering adding wine,
> > updating our Reverbnation page, taking a vaction, among other things,
> > and they haven't happened yet (but Summer's not over!)- Hide quoted text -
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