And from an archival point of view, it should be listed as what the official
title was at the time of the performance. Those who publish posters or
even the tickets can put whatever they want there - there could even be two
different poster sources with different titles for a venue.
-kevin
Regardless of ticket stubs, the venue officially became Brendan Byrne Arena in
1981 and remained as such until 1996. (When it then officially became
Continental Airlines Arena".)
The sign plastered to the sides of the arena said "Brendan Byrne Arena" until
it was covered up by a banner in Janu
I've actually posted this before. I went to all the shows there except for the
89 run. All my tix from 85 - 88 just say meadowloands arena.
From: Harry Angus
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:57 PM
To: deadlists@nemesis.CS.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Venue corrections for Brendan Byrne Arena/Mead
Based on passes, posters and ticket stubs:...
with The Grateful Dead it was called Brendan Byrne Arena:
4/16/83
4/17/83
10/17/84
10/18/84
Then it changed to Meadowlands Arena
11/10/85
11/11/85
Then it changed to Byrne Meadowlands Arena
4/6/87
4/7/87
Then it went back to being called Mea
