one of the best posts ever by you. !!!! You gotta remember, in general, who often owns venues, and often why they care to own a venue. Just this week I was chatting with someone new to the industry that was talking about a certain random 2 venues in a certain city that the person knew nothing about the history behind these 2 venues. ... Unpaid subcontractors, employee's check delivered weekly unsigned, subpartners calling for audits of lead partners. Do you think these two venues care if their crowd is fake, music is fake, or drinks are fake (watered down and overpriced) if there employee checks are unsigned? Hardly. In every industry there is good, there is bad, and there is very bad. Quality is always in the detail. BS is always in the fluff.