Ambassador finished for Gigs??

scudzilla

Anybody know the story here? Will we ever see gigs here again??

JJ

It's been finsihed for ages now. They've already had two exhibitions there since they finished, the Bodies and CSI exhibitions. There's supposed to be a dinosaur one coming up. MCD moved all their gigs that would've gone to the Ambassador to the Olympia or the Academy.

indiewindy

Its due to replace the library in the ILAC centre too, so unlikely to see anymore gigs there

therewillbe

Shame really,A good spot .Had the pleasure of seeing Amy winehouse there ,I even remember going to see Talking Heads"Stop making sense" appx 10/12 times on a Friday{I think} when it was a cinema ,way back.:)

Mental Mickey

Was in it twice. Glad its gone. Total and utter kip.

poisonated

It was really good.It is a real shame it's gone!

Pushtrak

Been there at least five times. Shame about this. Great venue, and also close to Fibbers/The Gate which is where I tend to stay when up in Dublin to see a band.

Furious-Red

It was a nice venue but terrible sound .

aflib

Furious-Red wrote: »

It was a nice venue but terrible sound .

i agree with the sound but a great small venue

Jim

Always liked that place. Better than the Olympia anyway.

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It was just a big black hole, how can anyone like or dislike it anymore than that?

Get a cinema, take the seats out, throw in a makeshift bar like you'd see at a 21st in someones house, then do pretty nothing else whatsoever and that was the Ambassador.

I remember at the beginning they tried to have clubnights there.. that was terrible since it wasnt a nightclub but rather as I said a big black hole.

It definately was great for small grotty sweaty gigs though.

honru

Went to many concerts there... it was great for rock gigs. I always way preferred it over the Olympia.

My guess is that it won't be coming back anytime soon. I'd say the issue MCD ran into was how they couldn't (or decided not to) utilise the venue the same way they have been running the Academy and the Olympia, or how POD utilises Tripod. Additional stuff like club nights, stand-up comedy, plays and drama productions, etc. keep the revenue coming in. I remember in its final year the amount of sparse gaps between events going on there. At least the exhibitions they have been holding there for the past year has kept the place running something consistently, compared to before.

It's a shame though, because sometimes the Academy is too small for some acts (plus I'm not particularly fond of the place) while the Olympia has less standing space for the kinds of bands where (I'm guessing) the majority of people would prefer to stand.

I remember hearing about the ILAC Centre library move. I wonder if plans for that have been scrapped due to ye times we are now in?

claireblossom

Such a shame really, saw some amazing gigs there, lots of great memories, very sad to see it go, The Olympia just doesnt cut it

weemcd

Manics and greenday two of my best concert memories, pity.

L.T.D

Saw Manics there twice, Suede, Mansun..............

Some GREAT memories

Redlancer

I saw the Manics there and it was the best concert I was ever at, it might be a big black hole as someone described it but the atmosphere was class way above any of the other venues around.

lordgoat

Give me the olympia before it any day of the week. It's an ok venue, the layout of it is terrible and the sound was never up to scratch. I don't think i'll miss it too much.

L.T.D

Olympia is over-rated

Atavan-Halen

I was there two or three times, seated and standing. Seated wasn't great but the standing was. I loved it and am glad that I got to be there when it had concerts on