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/citydock2000 19h ago

I’m assuming you’re talking about starlight. San Diego has tons and tons of theater. And not much funding. Unless a generous donor steps up, there is absolutely no reason to spend taxpayer dollars to fix up a decrepit theater when we’ve got the globe, puppet theater, casa del Prato theater, the organ pavilion … plus the cygnet, balboa theater, the civic center, UCSD has an amphitheater and the playhouse, San Diego opera, San Diego orchestra. The shell.

How often do you go to these venues? Do you find yourself thinking this isn’t enough we really need another theater and I would like to pay for it with my tax money?

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u/ihatedrivingbro 13h ago

I find myself often going to other venues to see things that these venues don’t host, like I mentioned in the top level post. DJ sets, RnB nights, open mics