There's a big Michelob ad in the top middle of the picture. A google search tells me that Michelob started sponsoring a major golf tournament in 1977 in California before moving it to Virginia in 1981. They do not appear to have sponsored other sports events at the time, so I'm guessing California would be a pretty safe bet here. If you look at pictures of the San Diego Sports Arena, it looks pretty similar to the picture. Not a sure thing by any means, but that's my - somewhat educated - guess.
EDIT: also, notice the apparently flat roof of the venue. You can't build large sports arenas with flat roofs in areas that get a lot of snow, they'd use vaulted roofs, like in this picture of the Louisville Gardens: link . That'd rule out over half of the North American venues.
thomasquinn 32989 wrote:
EDIT: also, notice the apparently flat roof of the venue. You can't build large sports arenas with flat roofs in areas that get a lot of snow, venues.
Yes you can. The NEC in Birmingham Uk is a vast building with huge exhibition hall as well as the arena. The whole complex has flat roofing. There are a number of other venues too.
thomasquinn 32989 wrote:
EDIT: also, notice the apparently flat roof of the venue. You can't build large sports arenas with flat roofs in areas that get a lot of snow, venues.
Yes you can. The NEC in Birmingham Uk is a vast building with huge exhibition hall as well as the arena. The whole complex has flat roofing. There are a number of other venues too.
True (I think the NEC is built with a flat roof at a slight incline), but that's in an area that gets significant rain, but not considerable snow. In for instance Milwaukee, they can get a layer of 15 inches of snow on the roof, meaning they need to work around that. A flat roof just can't handle that much added weight. But your point is valid, there are some solutions that still allow for a flat roof.
My pleasure, these kinds of things are the sort of fun that drive a certain kind of person to study history ;-P
Do let me know when you get some more substantial proof about this picture, I'm really curious now.
I tried looking for info on the history of arenas that had Michelob/Anheuser-Busch "pouring rights" but can't find any sites devoted to that.
It's interesting that the sound and lighting consoles are off to the sides. At most of the concerts in arenas I've been to they're next to each other at the back of the floor center stage. But, then again, I didn't attend any rock concerts in the 70's.
Did Neal Preston tour with the band? Or did he just shoot a few shows of this tour?
