If you requested anybody about their journey to Sony Hall in New York’s Times Square space, whether or not it’s for a live performance or Boxing Insider Fight Night, they are going to invariably let you know about that lengthy, winding staircase that’s required to get down to it. This distinctive venue is positioned actually within the basement of the Paramount Hotel on West forty sixth Street, proper there among the many storied Broadway theaters which have housed many legendary performers.
In truth, in case you go exterior and look throughout the road and to your left, you’ll see the Richard Rodgers Theater, which has been residence to the report-breaking musical “Hamilton.” And the Hamilton Gift Shop is true subsequent door to Sony Hall.
Fight followers could not respect this all that a lot, however the area Sony Hall occupies was as soon as a nightclub that was recognized the world over. It was referred to as “Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe,” and it featured dancers who had been all a minimum of six toes tall, which gave it appreciable cachet. Rose, in fact, was a well-known Broadway producer who was immortalized within the film “Funny Girl” because the husband of legendary comedienne Fanny Brice (for which Barbra Streisand gained an Oscar). Rose employed an unknown Gene Kelly as a choreographer, and that started Kelly’s highway to stardom.
When “On Golden Pond” was transferred from one theater to one other on Broadway, it landed at Sony Hall, which was often known as the Century Theatre on the time. It was a Tony Award winner. Numerous different occasions had been held there, together with the fiftieth anniversary luncheon for Vanity Fair. And there was a novel “immersive” (that means that it eliminated obstacles and concerned the viewers) manufacturing of “Queen of the Night,” which ran for 2 years.
In current years the Blue Note Entertainment Group has acquired the venue, after which a partnership with Sony – which included the naming rights – was organized. Over $20 million has been put right into a restoration, which came about upfront of the “Queen of the Night” run. That’s not to say it doesn’t have the texture of an “old school” nightclub, as a result of it does. But it’s additionally particular and totally different, and there may be the benefit of expertise; no matter is state-of-the-artwork in audio and video, Sony Hall has it.
Boxing Insider Promotions began doing boxing occasions final August with an novice present. In October, they moved into the skilled ranks. And they’ve been going sturdy ever since. The consistency of their efforts is establishing Sony Hall as a type of basic boxing showcases the place the environment and ambiance develop into a part of the present.
And these reveals will maintain coming. Boxing Insider has scheduled plenty of dates at Sony Hall, and as you may see, there will probably be occasions in consecutive months from August by way of October.
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