Operated by Ruth Eckerd Hall in partnership with the City of Clearwater, The Sound is downtown Clearwater's outdoor, waterfront concert venue.
Removable seating underneath the new venue's cover (and sound-mitigating membrane) can accommodate up to 4,000 people, with room for 5,000 additional folks on the lawn. A ticketed VIP area called "The View" is elevated on the stage right side and offers air conditioning, private bathrooms, plus a bar and primo sight lines. A backdrop that can completely open not only allows for easier load-in, but also views of Old Clearwater Bay.
I started sweating the moment I arrived in Clearwater’s Coachman Park around 3:30 p.m. Unlike during Wednesday’s Grand Opening Ceremony, people weren’t…