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The Brick offers refunds to Jane's Addiction attendees

General Manager offers tickets or cash, apology

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Complicated sight lines from The Brick Ben Clark

After a spate of negative reviews for The Brick's opening show with Jane's Addiction, the venue is reaching deep into its pockets to offer refunds, (including fees!) -- or tickets to an upcoming show, subject to availability -- as an apology.  Attendees need only send a copy of their tickets to the venue. This piece of goodwill may help alleviate some of the negative comments, but the question remains how The Brick intends to deal with some of the deeper structural issues that cropped up during Monday's show.

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The Brick hosts Jane's Addiction at overcrowded inaugural show 25

AEG-owned venue up against sightline and capacity challenges

Jane's Addiction

The pioneering alternative rock band filled Minneapolis venue The Brick for its first show. Ben Clark

A few hiccups were to be expected, of course, as the club opened its doors to the public for the first time, but The Brick's opening night faced an overwhelmingly negative response from Jane's Addiction fans who vented their discontent on Twitter and Facebook, loudly complained about their experience in the crowd, and demanded refunds from the ticket counter as they gave up entirely and left the show.

You know it's bad when even the band starts bantering about the quality of the concert experience from stage.

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The Brick in Minneapolis: An interactive first look at the new downtown venue 2

AEG-owned space will host first concert on Monday night

Minneapolis' newest live music venue

The AEG-owned space will open with Jane's Addiction Monday, March 19. MPR Photo / Nate Ryan

Sports and entertainment powerhouse AEG has been fairly tight-lipped about their new downtown Minneapolis venue, the Brick, in the months leading up to their first concert. But with their inaugural concert by Jane's Addiction coming up on Monday night, the company hosted a media party as well as a few one-on-one walk-throughs with journalists in town to give people their first glimpse inside the new club.

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The Brick opening soon in downtown Minneapolis

Concert promoters AEG taking over old Club 3 Degrees space

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The site of new club the Brick, formerly home of Club 3 Degrees Google Street View

Downtown Minneapolis is soon to be home to a new rock club: The Brick, a new venue owned and operated by concert promoter AEG Live, is slated to open this spring in the space formerly occupied by Christian rock club and youth-oriented ministry Club 3 Degrees.