We hustled, networked and created new strategic partnerships. We worked with dozens of promoters and venue owners globally through industry groups to collaborate on solutions for the future. We navigated difficult conversations with our landlord, vendors, artists and agents. Kocay: How did Avant Gardner navigate the pandemic?īildstein: “We maintained a core staff of 10 managers and staff, who all demonstrated agility in taking on new skills as we planned the way forward.
We combined that base concept with the design and style direction of a timeless temple, and the Mirage was born.” Tiers of platforms and people dancing within these levels of the pit was another inspiration for our multi-level venue design.
I thought something like that in the industrial part of East Williamsburg could work well, where you kind of forget where you are once you’re inside, time almost standing still, but outside of it, or in our case once you’re on the top levels of the Mirage, you realize that you’re in the middle of New York City with perfect Manhattan skyline views. The final scene zooms out of the pit and you suddenly realize there is something ‘bigger’ happening in the outside world of it-you can see buildings that resemble parts of a city. The video was Gravel Pit and its prehistoric ‘amphitheater’ design inspired me. In a former life I was part of a hip hop group as a rapper, and the Wu Tang Clan released an all-time favorite music video of mine, which I re-discovered in 2015. Kocay: Is it true that the Brooklyn Mirage’s design was inspired from a Wu Tang Clan music video?īildstein: “Yes.
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