Chance Theatre

Living so close this place when I was young this place will always hold a spot in my heart and living so close now I still go here to see bands that I really enjoy, but it's really only getting 3 stars because of proximity to me.
The sound is really terrible and if you're on the balcony you can't help but wonder if tonight is the night it's going to collapse.

Hate the location - inside and out.  They do have some great bands there, but I'd rather go to the Gramercy (in NYC) without question!!!  The Chance is in a neighborhood that's shady by day and downright scary at night.  The odds of contracting some kind of horrific disease in the restrooms is very good and if you lean on anything inside the building, you may take home more than memories.  Prices for the shows are reasonable, but that's because you risk life and limb once inside.  They don't search people and they serve glass bottles - this is really smart - especially at metal shows.  While I haven't seen trouble, they seem to have an open invitation to it there.  I would recommend a hazmat suit or at the very least, some kind of personal sanitation / decontamination products.  

 This building should be gutted and re-built.  I would have no trouble playing double the current ticket prices if it was actually nice inside.  I don't doubt that there's asbestos and lead paint, among other health hazards inside this enormous petri dish of a building.  Management must be bribing the Health Department or something.  Enter at your own risk and be sure to have all your Estate papers in order before going in.

My favorite place to go to shows in the region, "The Chance!"  Everything about this place is pretty awesome. Ticket pricing is good, acoustics is good, alcohol pricing is a bit steep but the selection is decent... the food is decent and the place has a balcony which adds a neat feature not frequently seen at music venues. You will commonly see a Ninja doing backflips and ninja moves off the balcony and into the crowd. There is plenty of room but most of the bigger shows do sell the place out so unless you are going to see a no-name you'll be pretty crammed in there. Overall though it is a fun and worthy place to go see a concert.