点评:What a dump the Assembley has become. The once attractive and welcoming venue is now an unpleasant place to be. We haven’t been for a while and we won’t be going again, we weren’t optimistic when we reached the dark and scruffy bar to see redundant pumps signifying a lack of draught beers, only cans being available now. We duly purchased our drinks and headed to the “VIP” area which we had paid extra to access, hoping for comfortable seating, alas after a treacherous journey upstairs in the dark, we found an inadequate number of canteen tables and benches.
Part of the balcony area that I remembered has been screened off and a raucous and annoying noise emanated from behind the screen throughout the concert resulting in several of the “VIP” guests leaving the area to go downstairs to the main audience area. I visited the toilets on the way out and, as expected after experiencing the rest of the venue, they haven’t changed since the venue opened in 2008 and were unclean. What a shame that this lovely building and once attractive and iconic venue has been allowed to decline to such a degree. An altogether disappointing visit, disrespectful to both guests and the acts appearing.
翻译:市政厅现在真是个破烂不堪的地方。曾经那个吸引人、令人愉悦的场所,如今却成了令人不快的去处。我们已经很久没去了,以后也不会再去了。当我们到达昏暗破旧的酒吧时,看到废弃的啤酒泵,意味着没有生啤供应,只有罐装啤酒,我们当时就感到很失望。我们买了饮料,然后前往我们额外付费进入的“VIP”区域,希望能找到舒适的座位。然而,在黑暗中艰难地爬上楼后,我们发现那里只有数量不足的餐厅桌椅。
我记忆中的一部分阳台区域被隔开了,整场音乐会期间,隔板后面都传来嘈杂刺耳的噪音,导致好几位“VIP”客人不得不离开,下楼到普通观众区。离开时我去了趟洗手间,不出所料,正如之前体验过其他地方一样,洗手间自2008年开业以来就没变过,非常脏乱。这座曾经辉煌、极具标志性的建筑如今却衰败至此,实在令人惋惜。这次参观体验令人失望至极,既是对宾客的不尊重,也是对演出人员的不尊重。