Origen explains how Jae Sands inspired the
building of the Hollywood Square Garden: “Well, it started a couple of months
ago at a meeting Jae and I had in my office. I had hired Jae a few weeks
earlier to perform on a regular basis in our 6pm SLT Sunday night spot. He has
not disappointed. He sounds like a mature Frank Sinatra down to Sinatra’s NY
attitude. Every week more people come to know and love his performances. I had
asked Jae to come up with some big ideas as to what he wanted to do at The
Hollywood Venues. At that meeting he shared a really big idea with me, but at
that moment even he did not know how big it would get; neither did I.
“Jae told me about a performance that
Sinatra gave in 1974 at The Madison Square Garden. The show had been televised
and the soundtrack released as an album. He shared how this performance, called
The Main Event,” had grown over the years to become an icon in Frank Sinatra’s
history. Jae’s idea was to put a boxing
ring in the middle of The Bowl’s large dance floor and perform Sinatra’s show
there, live; just as Sinatra had performed it in a boxing ring at Madison
Square Garden. I liked the idea, I liked Jae’s thinking of something this big.
I didn’t like the idea of doing it in The Bowl. I told Jae, ‘No! We are not
going to put a boxing ring in the middle of The Bowl; we are going to build
Madison Square Garden instead.’
“At first I thought that I could put
something together myself; creating a venue for a one-time performance. I soon
figured out that I was out of my depth. A couple of days later I met builder
and creator Jennifer Steele at a party given by Robin Palmer. As Jennifer and I
talked, we both got more and more excited about the project. After Jennifer
said that she had to do this build, we looked at some plans and she began work
on what may be one of the most ambitious builds in second life.
“I originally planned to put the whole thing
on half a region; but after it was done it became obvious this building
deserved to be on the whole region.
“Jae’s performance will now take place in
one of the larger single building creations in Second Life, The Hollywood
Square Garden, on Sunday Feb 21st at 6pm SLT.”
Origen encourages people to use the above
Slurl and stop by to see the venue and then come hear Jae perform Frank
Sinatra’s show, “The Main Event.”
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