And that means that the District weighs in as one of the top 10 summer concert destinations in the nation (says StubHub, via the WashBizJo). Nissan’s far and all, but what’s really far is Richmond — who have been claiming Nissan ticket sales all this time! Fortunately, Nissan was handed back to the District without provoking a Third Battle of Bull Run.

The corrected accounting plus concerts by three old guys who used to rock put the District over the top. The city rocketed from no. 18 to no. 6! I feel like I did my part to contribute. But you know where this city comes up short? Venues. The city could use a club just slightly larger than the 9:30 Club. The club for bands whose status falls somewhere between incredibly popular indie band (think TV on the Radio) and mainstream discredibility (think Weezer) just doesn’t exist. So bands like TV on the Radio inevitably wind up playing two nights at the 9:30 Club, while Weezer continues to play and record music, which is an independent problem I suppose.

What’s better about seeing TV on the Radio play one night in a larger venue than potentially seeing them one of two nights (or both nights) at the good ol’ 9:30? Nothing so much, except that redundancy locks up nights that other cool bands might like to play, while TVotR needs to commit to playing two nights here or maybe not at all. Surely we lose some touring acts because we don’t have convenient capacity, independent of the overall capacity this city affords. Then again, the ‘rents drive in from places like Richmond in untold numbers to see Billy Joel stab at the heart of rock music at Nationals Park, so complaining about the quality of acts that play here maybe misses an important point.