A new 2553-capacity club that Drake helped design just opened in his hometown of Toronto. Global promoter Live Nation, which owns and operates numerous concert venues, partnered with the rapper on …
, which owns and operates numerous concert venues, partnered with the rapper on History, located in the city’s east-end Beaches neighborhood.got a tour from general manager Steven Biasutti ahead of Sunday’s opening night sold-out concert by Jack Antonoff’s band Bleachers. The 35,000-square-foot space took over 80 percent of the adjacent Champions Off-Track Betting Greenwood building and a 300-spot parking lot.
“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 curve is mostly to create the best live experience for fans. You could be at any point, any area of the room, and you’re still this close to the stage. You could be standing directly across from the stage and still have a great view.
Another stairwell that the artists have direct access to from their tour bus has lyrics from Canadian artists all the way down, including, of course, “Started from the bottom now we’re here,” painted one word per stair in gold. And Toronto artist Kwest — who in 2015 designed a sculptural ping-pong table for Drake and an installation in his since-defunct restaurant Fring’s — was commissioned to paint a mural on the wall.
“I would say the green rooms definitely have his personal touch for the artist’s experience,” Biasutti says of Drake’s suggestions. “So the artist flies around the world playing club levels, why not come to Toronto, play History and actually get that elevated experience?
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