OUR FANTASY VENUE: IF WE COULD BUILD THE PERFECT SPOT, WE'D INCORPORATE THE BEST ELEMENTS FROM THESE PLACES.

Parking: Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill (indoor); Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (outdoor).

Ambience: Varsity Theater (indoors), Minnesota Zoo (outdoors).

Acoustics: Orchestra Hall (for symphonies); First Avenue (for rock).

Sightlines: Minnesota Zoo, the O'Shaughnessy, Jungle Theater.

Seats: Mystic Lake.

Legroom: The O'Shaughnessy, Children's Theatre, Mystic Lake.

Bookings: First Avenue.

Bar(s): Guthrie Theater.

Bouncers/doormen: First Avenue.

Waitstaff: Dakota Jazz Club.

Lobby: The Ordway.

Restrooms: Varsity, Mystic Lake.

JON BREAM