10:04am Wednesday 17th December 2008
With respect to the proposed/impending closure of Pacific Road, it must be rare indeed that a venue that has received so many plaudits can even be considered as expendable.
I have attended many Pacific Road concerts and can’t speak too highly regarding all aspects of the staging of such events.
The acoustics at the venue are superb and the versatility of the seating arrangements ie, the option of either cabaret or theatre style layouts plus the alternative of standing only gigs is surely not, as glibly suggested by Mr Foulkes, transferrable to the less-flexible Floral Pavilion even with its Plaza Lounge.
The staff at the Pacific are helpful and friendly, and the excellent beer available is priced at pub prices and below, something no other music venue I have visited can offer.
Not everybody wants to attend large venue concerts and the smaller venues surely have a place in the musical fabric of the area.
It is noticeable that next year, regular Pacific Road style acts such as Dr Feelgood, Wishbone Ash and The Animals are apperaing at Albert Dock's Baby Blue lounge. So Wirral will again lose out to Liverpool, adding more power to their Deputy Council leader's argument that the peninsula should come under the Liverpool name.
Ray Condliffe, Bromborough.
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