The Eagles Ballroom
Exterior of venue, seen from Wisconsin Ave (c.2009)
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| Former names | Eagles Club (1927-89) Central Park Athletic Club and Entertainment Center (1989-94) |
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| Address | 2401 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI 53233-1827 |
| Location | Avenues West |
| Capacity | 3,500 (Eagles Ballroom) 1,500 (Rave Hall) 500 (Rave Bar) 352 (Eagles Hall) |
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| Broke ground | April 16, 1925 |
| Opened | September 13, 1927 |
| Construction cost | $1.25 million |
| Architect | Russell Barr Williamson |
| General contractor | Immel Construction |
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Eagles Club
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| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Russell Barr Williamson |
| Architectural style | 19th and 20th Century Revival (1924, 1927, 1939) |
| NRHP reference # | 86002096 |
| Added to NRHP | July 29, 1986 |
Coordinates: 43°2′17.6″N 87°56′35.49″W / 43.038222°N 87.9431917°W
The Rave/Eagles Club (formerly known as the Eagles Club and Central Park Athletic Club and Entertainment Center or commonly Central Park Ballroom) is a concert venue and landmark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The building is divided into six venues, making it theoretically possible to have six different acts playing at the same time.
The Eagles Ballroom is the building's showpiece, featuring a 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) oval wooden dancefloor, originally installed when the building was constructed, in addition to a large, old-fashioned domed ceiling and a stage on one side. Originally a ballroom, it has hosted everything from boxing matches to concerts to ethnic dances. There is a second floor, with a row of balconies around the oval, from one side of the stage to the other.
The Ballroom hosts the most popular acts, and its history includes Bob Dylan (six times), Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Weezer, Morrissey, The Killers, The Offspring (nine times),Bad Religion (five times),The Grateful Dead, The White Stripes, Pantera, Fugazi, Matchbox Twenty, Green Day, Pierce The Veil, Shiny Toy Guns, Nine Inch Nails, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Replacements, Paul Westerberg (solo), Social Distortion, Marilyn Manson, Megadeth, Maroon 5, Korn, Kings of Leon, The Smashing Pumpkins, The All-American Rejects, Atreyu, No Doubt, Lamb of God, Robert Plant, Velvet Revolver, Rihanna, James Blunt, Phish, Slayer, Sublime with Rome, Infected Mushroom, Benny Benassi, My Chemical Romance, Nick Jonas & the Administration, All Time Low, Ed Sheeran, Kesha and many others.
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