Highline Ballroom

431 West 16th Street | Chelsea | built 1950

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2007
The Highline Ballroom opens in the Meatpacking District
The 700-capacity Highline Ballroom opens at 431 West 16th Street, beneath the High Line in the Meatpacking District. It serves as a venue for the annual Blue Note Jazz Festival, and on summer Saturdays it turns into a nightclub for the "Good Life Saturdays" DJ series.
Source: cityguideny.com
2019
February 4
Highline Ballroom plays its final show
The Highline Ballroom, owned by Steve Bensusan and holding about 700 people, plays its last show on February 4, 2019, a performance by the Roots. The Chelsea venue had offered concerts ranging from rock to hip-hop year-round. The space at 431 West 16th Street later reopens as the rock club Racket NYC.
Source: Wikipedia
2023
Racket opens in the former Highline Ballroom space
Four years after the Highline Ballroom's last show, the space at 431 West 16th Street reopens in early 2023 as Racket, a roughly 650-capacity venue from the Bowery Presents, an AEG Presents company. The promoter calls it the sister venue to Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg and a Manhattan anchor for its work developing artists.
Source: brooklynvegan.com

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