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| rdfs:comment | - A street in Perdido Beach where many shops/buildings are located. In Lies, it is the border between the "freak" and "non-freak" zone.
- First Avenue is near the location of an apartment complex that Dana Barrett moved to following the events of the Ghostbusters.
- Initially named The Depot (after the building's former function as a Greyhound bus station), the club got its start when owner Alan Fingerhut opened the doors for the very first time on April 3, 1970 to showcase a two set evening with Joe Cocker. A few years later, as disco reigned over the land, the venue was renamed Uncle Sam's and was part of a national franchise of the American Events Company. Steve McClellan and Jack Meyers, the club's financial manager, took the driver's seat in 1978, shortening the club's name to Sam's for a brief time before finally renaming it as First Avenue. McClellan opened the 7th Street Entry in 1981.
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| abstract | - Initially named The Depot (after the building's former function as a Greyhound bus station), the club got its start when owner Alan Fingerhut opened the doors for the very first time on April 3, 1970 to showcase a two set evening with Joe Cocker. A few years later, as disco reigned over the land, the venue was renamed Uncle Sam's and was part of a national franchise of the American Events Company. Steve McClellan and Jack Meyers, the club's financial manager, took the driver's seat in 1978, shortening the club's name to Sam's for a brief time before finally renaming it as First Avenue. McClellan opened the 7th Street Entry in 1981. The club was shut down by then owner Alan Fingerhut in late autumn of 2004 for financial reasons, causing panic to strike in music fans in Minnesota and elsewhere. Fortunately, the issues were quickly resolved (even the judge presiding in the bankruptcy case noted, "I gather there is some urgency about this"), and the club was reopened by co-owners Meyers, McClellan, and long time advisor Byron Frank, resuming shows after only one week. Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak promised to do a stage dive at the first show after reopening, but ended up dropping the idea when he discovered that the show would feature the band Gwar. Rybak had previously crowd surfed at a "Rock for Democracy" event earlier in the year. Locally, First Avenue and the 7th Street Entry are respectively referred to as The Mainroom, and The Entry.
- A street in Perdido Beach where many shops/buildings are located. In Lies, it is the border between the "freak" and "non-freak" zone.
- First Avenue is near the location of an apartment complex that Dana Barrett moved to following the events of the Ghostbusters.
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