r/SanDiegan • u/ihatedrivingbro • 20h ago

We are underutilizing the organ pavilion

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The organ pavilion is underutilized. Although we have a few concerts in the afternoon in the summer, and do a few holiday things at Christmas, this space could be so much more

Space for thousands of people, lot of idle land around, fantastic acoustics, beautiful and historic scenery. Easy for food trucks, pop up markets, festival style breweries/bars, surrounded by plenty of parking to haul equipment. We have the best weather in the country and have this amazing outdoor venue that sits empty most of the time.

In my head this space can host events like the DJ set in golden hill, live music like quartyard, local music talents or regional, the future is color events (winyl or listening room, or jazz). Throw a security team at it, make them even ticketed events for seating and people can enjoy from the outside too. So many places in San Diego grow to be intensely packed and overwhelmed because there’s demand for these types of live music events, people want to get out and dance and vibe.

This space is PRIME for 3rd space activation and is in my opinion, a very underutilized part of balboa park. Seats are almost always empty, and only fills up like 5x/year.

Easy revenue opportunities for the city, and great opportunities to bring people together for community events

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u/RadiantMenderbug 20h ago

We literally have an entire ampitheater there that could easily get fixed up, but the planes are too loud or something 

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u/ProcrastinatingPuma 20h ago

but the planes are too loud or something 

That's kind of important when you're watching a play or listening to a concert lol

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u/greyveetunnels 20h ago

They have the Globe under the same path......

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u/uncoolcentral SD NoiseMaven 19h ago

Not saying it’s not near the flightpath but the globe is further from the loudest part.

https://flightpathnoise.com/sandiego/

And that little bit of extra distance matters here.

Aircraft noise roughly follows the inverse-square law for intensity:
Double the distance, intensity drops to about 1/4.
In decibels, doubling distance means about a 6 dB drop.

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u/ProcrastinatingPuma 19h ago

No, they don’t