The proposed new Nobel Center, to be built in central Stockholm, would draw 600,000 visitors a year, provide a splendid new venue for Nobel award ceremonies, and become a hub for science, education, and literature.
Opened in 1998, the splendid Thomas Street venue has in the past played host to musicians such as Neil Young, Al Green and Bob Dylan.
By 1914 Yale too had a home suited to huge crowds: the Yale Bowl, splendid in style, was a venue capable of housing more than 70,000.
But the venue, while steeped in splendid ambience, has bad acoustics and sightlines, which strip away all that atmosphere.
If you habitually carry a paperback of German poetry in your back pocket, Editors bring their splendid stentorian art-rock to a venue near you from 24 February-3 March.
The idea of occasionally partnering with other cultural institutions (something of a taboo... ..OMG!"), has taken the world's most famous concert venue out of its splendid isolation, and proven to be a shot in the arm for this venerable institution.
A splendid village, state-of-the-art venues, 44 world records, 117 Olympic records and I would say history being written by many, many athletes".
A splendid shot that would have looked good at any venue in the world, from New York to the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough.
"I have had the pleasure of conducting outdoor engagements throughout the United States," said Matthew Savery, music director of the Bozeman Symphony in Montana, "and I can say with certainty that the venue at Fairfield University is the most splendid of all".
