Sunday, February 13. 2011
Click here for the rest of the Willie Nelson pics. | by Jeff Barringer - Staff Writer & Photographer
Home of the new Austin City Limits Studio, the new Moody Theater in the W Hotel has raised the bar for live music venues in Austin, and as part of their opening celebration tonight Willie Nelson played a selection of favorites backed by a 55 piece orchestra. What a great way to start.
Designed both as a live music venue and a live music studio to host the internationally acclaimed Austin City Limits television show, the theater holds 2.700+ people and not one of them is more than 100 feet away from the stage. Every seat in the house is a good one, even the bartenders can see the stage, and acoustically it's one of the best I've heard.
It would be a lie to say that everything went perfectly at tonight's grand opening celebration, but if there were any flaws I didn't encounter them. I'm sure that behind the scenes an awful lot of people put in a huge number of overtime hours to give that appearance. To have come so far in such a short period of time it's amazing just how well it turned out and everyone involved deserves a "well done".
With lots of great shows coming up including superstar talent like Diana Ross, Janet Jackson and more, ACL Live at the Moody Theater is sure to become one of my favorite venues. I look forward to covering some of the unique shows they have in store for us this season. To check out their schedule of upcoming shows, make sure to visit their web site at http://www.acl-live.com/.
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