Yawn.

Isn't showbox on some sort of protected list? It's been there since the 20's or so, hasn't it?

noooo! best small venue for big name acts in seattle!!

Rumors are now reported as news?
This is the gateway to "Fair and Balanced".

Spooky. I was just driving by the showbox on 1st ave this afternoon, thinking how out of place that block will look with all the new construction. Then I thought about how smart it was that they had that new location down in sodo, so they can still do shows when their building is inevitably torn down to make room for something new.

Next thing you know they'll tear down the crocadile and I'll riot.

It better not be torn down, that's a wonderful place.

That applies to the Croc too...two of my favorite places to see music.

If/when they shut down the Showbox "at the Market," Seattle will officially, undeniably suck.

Jeff is not the owner of the property. correct? He's the owner of the business, which leases from the owners, correct?

The Croc really IS for sale.

Just further speculation for the rumor mill, but there was talk last fall about a House of Blues venue opening up locally and how it would fuck over so many venues b/c of the exclusive tours that are so often HOB sponsored.

The current Showbox is one of the best venues on like 5 continents. Nary a bad seat, tons of bars, great dance floor.
If it gets torn down, this town's soul will be at risk. Grrr.

@12,

Oh no, yuck.

Hasn't HOB had problems with violence and shootings? Now that's a Nickels anti-club crusade anyone could get behind.

@10,

Correct. By "club" I meant the business, not the property. I believe the property is owned by someone else, and Steichen's business is a tenant there.

So, indeed, my assessor check wasn't so meaningful.

I thought the HOB was coming as part of the paramount/same building.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the showbox. It is such a great size for a venue. You can easily get close to some of your favorite acts or chill at the bar and still have plenty of spots to watch with good views.

So where do we need to stand to help save it?

@15. Thanks for the clarification.

I checked the property records also and it shows an LLC owning the building.

I noted that the property was purchased in 1997 and transferred in 2003. Which leads me to another rumor. When the 2003 transfer happened the rumor all around the neighborhood was that the building was purchased by folks with the Deja Vu chain as a fallback in case they lost their spot on the other side of 1st and Pike. As far as I know, it's just rumor.

in fact, it's not rumor that Deja Vu owns the property according to PI:

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/night/archives/104880.asp

Seattle = The New Downtown Bellevue!

You really like to use the phrase "got a call in to"

@20,

Awesome.

put it on the historic register post haste.

it qualifies, and is the last burlesque theatre left in town after the travesties of the music box & the colliseum.

best place to see a band in the city, hands down.

What's the point in reporting unverified rumors?

Have you heard that Vulcan has bought the Space Needle and will be moving it so Paul Allen can build his Pocket Lint Museum Project?

@24: That's not possible. I know for a fact that the Space Needle is the secret lair of a big, gay mad scientist.

Here's what we need to do: http://www.historicseattle.org/preservationseattle/techniques/defaultSEPT06.htm

I am not sure how they would be able to keep the schedule that they have with just the SoDo local. They inherited a non-compete clause that states that they cannot have ticketed events on days that there are events at Safeco or Qwest. That severely impacts their ability to schedule nat'l acts.