@Shakyamuni 985772 wrote:
The pit for indoor venues that have plays is exactly as you describe it… as for outdoor shows that are strictly music there isn’t really any use of the pit in this traditional manner.
For EDM and similar music the pit is people willing to pay to be up-close, the middle part with seats is no fun cause you can’t dance in the aisles so you’re stuck in a small space and if you’re on the lawn you’re a mile away. So the pit is probably the best value unless it is a seated show.
In England (possibly due to our outdated licensing laws written centuries ago when the more extreme Protestants tried to ban anything that was slightly enjoyable) we have either 100% seated indoor venues or “night clubs” with dance flloors that were known by older people as the “pally” (from FR: palais de danse).
Outdoor entertainment areas are rare (bear in mind the weather we get here) – (we do have one in Thetford Forest but the ticket prices are expensive and the acts aimed at people mostly older than me) and usually combined with arenas used for sports events; with sports being far easier to get licensed/tolerated as at present its slightly easier to cover up the drugs and abuse scandals and I think they make more money for less hassle.
We used to have EDM and other “noisy” music events in arenas also used for speedway and motor sports (which makes perfect sense when avoiding nuisance is a factor) but the middle aged owners of these venues (that come under increasing scrutiny from neighbours for the daytime events) find it hard to cope with the extra demands of authorities when iicensing music events. Its surprising how difficult putting on either sport or music events has become in this country; given that both have been a positive part of British culture and identity for decades..
