It is generally acknowledged that Dublin needs a venue for acts that are too large for 1,000 capacity venues like Vicar Street and the Olympia but are too small to bridge the gap to play the 3Arena.
Mr Crosbie envisages retaining the existing Vicar Street venue and upgrading it while creating a musical quarter with the 2,000 capacity venue and also a 250 seat mini-venue in the old famine school in Vicar Street.
Plans for Dublin to get new 2,000-seater music and arts venue to fill gaps in the market
Harry Crosbie has unveiled plans to build new concert venue twice as big as Vicar Street in Dublin’s Thomas Street
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