Starlight Theater to Double Summer Concert Schedule

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moderne wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:28 pm Starlight going to build sunscreen over front third of seating.
Great idea. I really enjoy all the artists they have been bringing in. Would be nice if they could do 2/3. Maybe down the road.
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So great to see. Starlight is one of the best Amphitheaters in the country. This should get more use out of it.

Still need something to replace that shithole amphitheater in bonner springs. Hopefully the chiefs develop a proper 20,000 seat amphitheater after the Royals leave.
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moderne wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:28 pm Starlight going to build sunscreen over front third of seating.
it will cover about 1/2 the seating actually.
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I have been to a couple concerts here in the last couple years and I don't know if anyone has the same feeling but I feel like the sound quality is terrible. Maybe its just the type of music i'm listening to (Alternative Rock like Vampire Weekend), who knows though, not sure if anyone else feels the same way. I really wanted to go to smashing pumpkins but feel like it will be the same way.
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brewcrew1000 wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 2:53 pm I have been to a couple concerts here in the last couple years and I don't know if anyone has the same feeling but I feel like the sound quality is terrible. Maybe its just the type of music i'm listening to (Alternative Rock like Vampire Weekend), who knows though, not sure if anyone else feels the same way. I really wanted to go to smashing pumpkins but feel like it will be the same way.
Upgrades are needed.
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I saw Jack White there in 2022 & he sounded great. But there could be upgrades I’m sure. It was designed to show Broadway shows. Rock shows and such could stand to have upgraded sound system
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dukuboy1 wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:47 pm I saw Jack White there in 2022 & he sounded great. But there could be upgrades I’m sure. It was designed to show Broadway shows. Rock shows and such could stand to have upgraded sound system
This is the problem, it's the fundamental design of the facility. I've heard various different sound systems in the venue from all the best brands in the world, calibrated by the best system engineers in the game and still mixed results.

The in-house sound system they have is top of the line, but it's meant for theatrical shows. When bands come in, they bring their own sound systems as the theatrical setup isn't powerful enough to handle more intense styles of music. However, a recent tour did use the house system, I can't remember who it was but an older rock act. Not good. Not good at all.
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Construction begins in KC on Starlight Theatre’s $40 million upgrade, adding canopy
One year after a $40 million campaign to upgrade Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre was announced, construction has begun at the 7,800-seat outdoor amphitheater in Swope Park.

An event to break ground at the amphitheater, which is to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2025, was held Wednesday afternoon. Construction is expected to be complete by April 2026.

As a video created by J.E. Dunn Construction highlights, the theater’s prime feature will be an arching and opaque canopy, connected to two yet-to-be-constructed towers, and spanning the theater’s front 3,200 seats. The canopy is designed to shade patrons from rain, wind and Kansas City’s often-searing summer sun to allow more programming such as summer afternoon matinee events.
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