| CPC E04H 3/12 (2013.01) [E04H 3/22 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |

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1. An urban performance venue for the provision of entertainment to an audience in a waterfront urban beach-like themed immersive setting, wherein the venue comprises:
a structure forming a performances stage (1) arranged and configured for optimal spectator viewing from a spectator area (2), the stage (1) having a front side (la) and a rear side (1b), and a generally planar top surface, wherein the stage (1) includes a reference point (1c) located at a center point of the top surface, and wherein the stage can further include a display means (4);
the spectator area (2) comprising seating and standing locations and extending from the front side of the stage, wherein the spectator area comprises a first spectator area (2a) located closer to the stage and substantially covered with sand to form a tropical style beach and a second spectator area (2b), where the first spectator area is located between the stage and the second spectator area, and wherein each of the first and second spectator areas are positioned to form different vertical elevations with respect to the stage, the first spectator area is at a vertical elevation that is lower than the generally planar top surface of the performances stage, the first spectator area (2a) having an elevation angle not higher than 10° with respect to the stage reference point, and the second spectator area (2b) having an elevation angle of at least 30° with respect to the stage reference point, the second spectator area (2b) extending over a surface that covers a point within at least a 90° reference angle view from the stage reference point (1c) which defines the boundaries of the second spectator area (2b), the second spectator area having a first spectator seating portion that is flat and parallel to the generally planar top surface of the performances stage and a second spectator seating portion that is at an acute angle to the generally planar top surface of the performances stage, the first spectator seating portion is positioned between the first spectator area and the second spectator seating portion;
a man-made crystal-clear lagoon (3) extending from the rear side (1b) of the stage (1) in a substantially opposite direction to the spectator area (2), the man-made crystal-clear lagoon (3) having a bottom (3a), an edge (3b) and a surface (3c), the man-made crystal-clear lagoon arranged and configured to contain water and configured to resemble a portion of a tropical sea and suited for swimming, wherein the man-made crystal-clear lagoon (3) completely surrounds the stage such that the stage is disposed as an island within the lagoon and is non-floating, wherein the lagoon (3) has a depth of at least 0.5 meters and up to a depth of 6 meters; and
wherein a line of sight from a spectator located within the second spectator area (2b) and from a spectator located within the first spectator area (2a) has views of the stage (1) and the man-made crystal-clear lagoon (3) extending behind the stage, whereby an urban beach themed performance venue and setting is created.
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