Originally Posted by
Oldairhead
I dunno, maybe it's just me but I don't know anyone who attended a concert at Winterland who called it a ballroom. That label was "tongue in cheek" for those who didn't actually go inside. If you went to a concert there you know what I mean!
Patti Smith, 1978
An ice rink and arena actually. Hosted such shows as "Ice Follies" and "Disney on Ice."
In the late sixties and early seventies when I was attending Bill Graham's concerts there I only heard it referred to as "Winterland."
Perhaps someone at some point confused it with the Carousel Ballroom or the Avalon Ballroom and stuck the "Ballroom" moniker on it.
The acoustics were awful.
That's my orthodoxy and I'm sticking to it until a better one comes around.
Brent