Stubb's to Hulk Out

Starting next fall, Stubb's is to undergo a massive renovation project that will nearly double the venue's overall capacity. Michael Corcoran writes in today's Statesman that the club's five co-owners, including local music mogul Charles Attal, plan to personally finance the estimated $5 million cost of upgrades.

The former home of Oak Farms at Ninth Street and Red River, now dilapidated and used as little more than a bulletin board for concert flyers, will be demolished and replaced with a new 1,400-capacity indoor performance space. The outside stage, which currently abuts the restaurant facing north, will be replaced with a new one on the northeast side of the block, facing southwest. On Red River between Stubb's restaurant and the new indoor space, a massive 2-story balcony will buffer much of the concert sounds that now can be heard from blocks away.

The project is anticipated to be finished as quickly as 2008.

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By Allen Y Chen in News on December 13, 2006 10:38 AM 0 Comments

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samantha

Are they planning to level the lot back there? Because that map makes it look like the people who have to stand back by the old stage and over by the trees will be SOL when it comes to seeing anything. Doesn't that land slope down from Red River to the creek with the corner of 9th and Red River being the highest point?

kaleb

This kind of investment on their part gives me hope that all the new living spaces and hotels going in downtown won't chase out the live music venues. I'd love to live across from The Mohawk, but I have a sinking feeling I'm in the minority. But Stubb's taking on this kind of a major development sounds great to me.

kenneth

Maybe those of us who live along Waller Creek will finally get some sleep when the wind is from the southeast. But I have a feeling the folks staying in the downtown Hilton aren't gonna like it.