Aragon Ballroom Tickets
The Aragon Ballroom is the name of two historic ballrooms. One, still in operation, Aragon Ballroom Tickets is located in Chicago, Illinois. The other, now defunct, was located at Lick Pier in Venice Beach, California.
Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, Aragon Ballroom Tickets located on West Lawrence Avenue approximately five miles (8 km) north of downtown in the neighborhood known as Uptown, Chicago, was built in 1926. Designed to Aragon Ballroom Tickets resemble a Spanish village and named for a province of Spain, the Aragon was extravagantly appointed. The hall was an immediate success, and remained a popular Chicago Aragon Ballroom Tickets attraction through the 1940s. The Aragon's proximity to Chicago's 'L' (elevated railway) helped people flock to the hall, and crowds often exceeded 18,000 guests over the six open nights each week. Powerhouse radio station WGN broadcast an hour-long program from the hall each night to Aragon Ballroom Tickets radio audiences throughout the Midwestern United States and Canada.
The Aragon hosted nearly all of the top names of the big band era. Among the best known Aragon Ballroom Tickets names were Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Xavier Cugat, Glenn Miller, Lawrence Welk, Guy Lombardo, Dick Jurgens, Harry James, Kay Kyser, Benny Goodman, Sammy Kaye, Artie Shaw, Eddy Howard, Duke Ellington, Aragon Ballroom Tickets Jimmy Dorsey, Wayne King, and many others.
A fire at an adjacent cocktail lounge in 1958 forced the Aragon to close for several months. Aragon Ballroom Tickets After the reopening, crowds declined significantly. Regular dancing ended in 1964. A succession of new owners used the Aragon as a roller skating rink, a boxing venue, and a discothèque, among other uses, plus occasional efforts to revive it as a traditional ballroom. During the 1970s, the Aragon was home to so-called "monster rock" shows, which were marathons Aragon Ballroom Tickets of rock and roll acts often lasting six hours or more. Top acts included the Grateful Dead, The Byrds, B. B. King, Jethro Tull and others of that era. Those shows also brought problems with illegal drugs and the attendant crowd control issues, Aragon Ballroom Tickets and the Aragon gained a rough reputation and the nickname "Aragon Brawlroom."
In 1973, Latin promoters Willy Miranda and Jose Palomar became owners of the Aragon. The two men had promoted Hispanic dances and concerts in Chicago Aragon Ballroom Tickets for years, and moved their productions to the Aragon with the purchase. They soon teamed up with rock promoters Arny Granat and Jerry Mickelson, who used the hall for their rock concerts.
In 1991 the ballroom's floor Aragon Ballroom Tickets collapsed during a concert by the Violent Femmes.
In the late 90's the Aragon was Aragon Ballroom Tickets bought by 3 spanish promoters Luis Rossi (previous owner of La Raza Newspaper), Ivan Fernandez, and Mercedes Frenandez.
Today, under the name Aragon Entertainment Center, the hall hosts a variety of Spanish language Aragon Ballroom Tickets shows as well as English language rock concerts. Recent rock acts include Muse, Slayer, Morrissey, The Mars Volta, and 2 nights of Umphrey's McGee on Aragon Ballroom Tickets December 30th and 31st, 2005 followed by a 3 night run, December 29th - 31st, in 2006.
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