The move also reduced the house size by about 300 seats, which boosted audience capacity.

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This accounts to a huge amount, but its advertisers are big companies with high spending capacity that target male audiences (typical audience for sports channels).

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For those looking for a more traditional live music venue, The Roxy Live (open all week, from 8 pm on weeknights and 9 pm on weekends) is a fully fledged rock club, with a professional sound system, a 500-person capacity and a stage that towers over the audience.

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But I do know what happens by way of compulsory jollity in the hospitals and clinics and waiting rooms, and it's a grueling test of any citizen's capacity to be used for so long as a captive audience.

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Mr. Hurt's capacity for silence, alas, was not matched by that of the opening-night audience, which filled too many of his long pauses with unwelcome coughs.

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"It has allowed us to increase our grant-making capacity at a time when the arts community needs support and has engaged an ever-expanding audience with the art of Andy Warhol, " he said.

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