Cleveland, OH

milpai, great nice you can come. I want to know more about your preamp and speakers. 

Wish I was in Cleveland tonight for the David Gray show at Nautica. Unfortunately, just couldn't make the drive from Cincinnati. Hopefully I'll catch him when he circles back around to Nashville... Never been to Nautica. For any of you Clevelanders who've seen a show there, how is it?

@reubent Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica is set against the Cuyahoga River in the flats district, you'll regularly have large ship/boat traffic floating by behind the band which makes for a fun background while watching concerts, and usually there is a nice breeze coming through along the river.  The sound system is good.  the pavilion keeps the elements out.  Plenty of parking available.  Access to east and west bank of the flats to go to dinner or grab a drink via a couple bridges.  Surrounding neighborhoods are a bit sketchy, but the flats area is pretty well trafficked with a lot to do.  Overall its a great place to see a show, i've seen a lot there, my favorite was David Byrnes' American Utopia show, that was one the best shows i've seen.

@mikld - Thanks for the reply. I lived in Cleveland in 1982/84 and visited the bars in The Flats on many occasions. Been back a couple of times over the years, but never to Jacobs Pavilion.

Question: I’ve looked at the seating chart and it looks like nearly any of the seats would be decent for a show. The David Gray show had some really inexpensive seats, high in the reserved seating are ($39) and in the general admission areas ($29). Would it be worth a visit, even if I got stuck with less than ideal seats?

@reubent, not a bad seat in the house. We were front and center 2nd row at the war on drugs concert a month back, and we were so far in we weren’t getting much information from the main line arrays, we were hearing the onstage sound almost equally, but yes overall not a bad seat in the place.