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Originally Posted by scottharding
This is obnoxious. Those of us that live in Salt Lake, prefer Salt Lake. Those that live
in Denver, prefer Denver. Shocker.
What's a little more difficult to understand is why forumers from Denver come on the Salt Lake forum to make
comparisons (since in this case, it was a Denver-phile that started it). How about you comment on your own cities forum.
You can rant and rave about how wonderful your city is all you want, but doing it on our forum betrays a sense
of inadequacy. So long as your commenting here, I'll just assume that you're jealous.
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My sentiments exactly Scott. Who is this troll anyway??? I don't think there's one local forumer who in these recent
past years would flame blog onto the Denver thread and act with such rudeness. It's one thing to pat each other on the
back in your own forum, and we all are guilty of that. However, few are so immature as to flame on a good neighbor's
forum. In all fairness to Denver forumers, we should acknowledge that this Denverite is a rare exception for Denver. Almost
all Denver forumers are exceptionally gracious, and complimentary.
I would compare this Troll's comments on Salt Lake's performing art's scene as about as ludicrous and silly as someone
from this forum trolling the Denver thread, proclaiming Salt Lake's professional sport's scene as more significant than
Denvers. Yes, someday Salt Lake and the Wasatch Front will accumulate the same number of major sport franchises
as Denver. Both are great sports towns. However, metro Salt Lake, but particularly it's surrounding state market needs
more people, which is happening quicker than some would like. Someday, if Denver chooses, it will arrive at the same
level with it's performing arts scene as Salt Lake, but neither is equal to the other in each respective field at this time.
Most cities/metros, including those that are much larger than either Salt Lake or Denver would be hard pressed to even
come close to the size, quality and scope of the triumvirate of the Temple Square Campus, including my own Los
Angeles. Miniscule, would be a good word for comparison of other Downtown perfomance venue offerings, compared
to the Temple Square Campus Venues alone. That doesn't even include the individual jewels such as Kingsbury, Abravanel
Hall, The Capitol, Pioneer Memorial, Rose Wagner and the soon to be UPAC Hall , etc. Each, a significant, stand alone
venue, which showcases it's own acclaimed company.
The historic and internationally celebrated Great Tabernacle, The exquisitly beautiful Assembly Hall, and the marvel that is
The Conference Center have a seating capacity of well over thirty thousand combined. Not only is this amazing in the
scope of it's size, but the quality of these venues is among the very elite of the world, both from an architectural
standpoint and acoustically speaking. Each week tens of thousands of locals, international travelers and convention
goers frequent these great halls without fail. And it isn't just for the performances of the world's most celebrated choir,
but also the most internationally celebrated touring soloist performers, symphonies and orchestras from around the
world, which perform continually.
Stagehands prepare the Capitol Theatre stage for the musical "Wicked"
(Keith Johnson, Deseret News)
The Historic Capitol Theatre was originally constructed as a major vaudeville venue.
The Capitol now serves as home to the internationally acclaimed Ballet West and the Intermountain West's
foremost Regional Opera Company. The Capitol has also served faithfully as a venue for touring broadway productions
for several decades. However, this will change soon as a much larger theatre will be added to downtown that
will serve the metro's passion for major broadway productions and their required lengthy stay. The Capitol's
seating and orchestra pit will be remodeled to more ideally suit it's prestigious ballet and opera.
bobindrums
Abravanel (Symphony) Hall)
mdr325
LDS Conferece Center: One of the aspects that impresses me most about this giant building is
how it interfaces with it's neigborhood. To the south it's facade and plaza are indicative of it's downtown environs
as a monumental and cultural neighbor. As I walked around it a couple of days ago, I was taken back by the now
maturing landscaping covering it's terraced walls to the east and north. This combined with it's rooftop gardens make
for visual feast for the historic downtown neighborhoods, which are immediately adj. to and either surround or climb
abruptly on two of it's sides. Even those living in high-rise towers to the immediate north have beautiful gardens
to look down on instead of a giant, sterile and vapid roof.
Aquistbe
Interior of Assembly Hall, seating over 22,000 people, is the largest of it's kind in the world.
Pictured, is a weekly rehearsal session of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This venue is often used by the Choir
instead of it's famous, traditional venue, because of it's seating capacity. Ongoing conventions, LDS faithful, and
tourists had often overwhelmed the capacity of the historic tabernacle on Temple Square. The hall is also used
as host for major holiday pageants and as a concert hall for renowned opera soloists or performing artists, etc.,
where seating demand is too high for other downtown venues.
ben4t2
BratoDB
Exterior and Interior of historic Tabernacle after final restoration and seismic upgrading.
All seasons as well as Spring welcomes weekly concerts, free to the public. Interior pictured, The Mormon
Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square
genki @ flickr.com
genki @ flickr.com
Assembly Hall
Pandercutts @ flickr.com
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