@TheEmu said:

@mikh2wg - Thanks! I saw that a couple of people have mentioned the acoustics there. When it comes to noticing the sound in a venue, I'm really terrible. I only tend to notice when it's really, really shitty (i.e. The Urge & 311 at Drake Fieldhouse in Des Moines, like playing in a metal box) or something like Charlotte last year, where I thought the band sounded off during Fluffhead and some other songs, but going back to listen they sounded fine, and it seemed I was just in a bad spot.

As for the scale, hopefully I'll get a sense of that next week. I think it's hard to get a sense of that from the floor (especially from the very back of the floor), but this time I think we'll be trying to grab some seats.

Three nights and 6 sets we can check the place out from numerous vantage points! One of my favorites is behind the band. I can't wait to see the new lighting rig from the band's perspective.

One more thing about my favorite venue: The 95 and 96 shows, while well known to phans in VA, often fly under the radar here at .net. 95 boasts a huge Mike's Groove with one of the first instrument switching jams. And 96 has great song selection and flow, like the 98 shows, and features a Coil that goes Type II for about a minute before Page's solo. A good one to shuffle into your music player.