In the pre-Covid days, a trip to Shreveport’s RiverView Hall was like going to a Chinese torture chamber if one was seated on the main floor.
If you really like your knees or maybe had not really looked at them closely, the very tight seating arrangement put them in your face. If someone on your row wanted to exit, the entire row had to join in the row emptying because there was no room for a person to squeeze by a seated or standing patron. Add to that seats that were tighter space-wise than granny’s old girdle.
Fortunately for those who want to attend concerts, operas and other performances at RiverView Theatre, you can now be assured that there is a God in heaven! An anonymous donor funded $81,000 for the reconfiguration of the main floor seats and replacement of the old seats with new, larger seats.
Now a patron must fully stretch out their arms if wanting to tap the shoulder of the person sitting in front of them. There is so much legroom that it’s hard for your footsies to touch the seat in the next row. A handrail was also added in the balcony area.
Skeptics can check it out at the Shreveport Opera’s production of “The Marriage of Figaro” on Nov. 6. Hey, it’s a new excuse to get cultured by taking in the opera featuring love, envy and revenge!