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Yeah, I agree. The lack of good shows in this area sucks. A friend of mine who worked in radio told me that the amount of major shows that came here cut down dramatically in the 90s because Syracuse was such a financial risk. The big concert promotors look at cities in groups. The 1st level, or primary group, would be huge cities like NYC and Los Angeles. Syracuse, along with Albany and Buffalo, used to be a 2nd level city. Some time in the 90s Syracuse got demoted to 3rd level.

There's so many venues here that bands with many different size audiences would have somewhere to play. We have the Dome, OnCenter, Landmark Theater. and now The Lost Horizon. But, still, no good bands come here. I was excited when I first heard the Lost was opening again. Then when I saw who was booked there I gave up on it. It might as well still be closed if you're just going to book those no-name bands and then pretend you're doing the "hip" thing. Gimme a break. If you're going to do it, do it right. Book a variety of bands - some young ones, some local, some old metal bands, some classic rock, etc. It doesn't seem like that should be too hard of a concept.

Anyway, sorry to ramble on like that. I guess that whole subject just gets me started.