National Register of Historic Places

Eagles Club

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Listed
July 28, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86002096

About this property

The Rave/Eagles Club (commonly known as simply The Rave, formerly known as the Eagles Club and Central Park Athletic Club and Entertainment Center or commonly Central Park Ballroom) is a concert venue and landmark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building is divided into 6 venues, making it theoretically possible to have six different acts playing at the same time. The Eagles Ballroom is the building's showpiece, featuring a 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) oval wooden dancefloor, originally installed when the building was constructed, in addition to a large, old-fashioned domed ceiling and a stage on one side. Originally a ballroom, it has hosted everything from boxing matches to concerts to ethnic dances. There is a second floor, with a row of balconies around the oval, from one side of the stage to the other. The Ballroom hosts the most popular acts, and its history includes Bob Dylan (six times), Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Weezer, Morrissey, The Killers, The Offspring (nine times), Bad Religion (five times), The Grateful Dead, Oasis, The White Stripes, Pantera, Fugazi, Matchbox Twenty, Green Day, Bullet for My Valentine (eight times), Pierce The Veil, Shiny Toy Guns, Nine Inch Nails, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Replacements, Paul Westerberg (solo), Social Distortion, Marilyn Manson, Megadeth, Maroon 5, Korn, XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD, Sexyy Red, Ye,Bad Omens J.P., Glorilla, Tupac Shakur, girl in red, $UICIDEBOY$, Ghostemane, Lil Baby, City Girls, YK Osiris, Coi Leray, Trippie Redd, Lil Durk, PnB Rock, Young Thug, City Morgue, Megan Thee Stallion, Denzel Curry, Twenty One Pilots, Kings of Leon, The Smashing Pumpkins, The All-American Rejects, Atreyu, No Doubt, Lamb of God, Robert Plant, Velvet Revolver, James Blunt, Phish, Slayer, Sublime with Rome, Infected Mushroom, Benny Benassi, My Chemical Romance, Nick Jonas & the Administration, All Time Low, Ed Sheeran, Kesha, Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Huddy, Rihanna, Olivia Rodrigo, and many others. The Jonas Brothers performed their first major concert as a headliner here, and filmed portions of the show to use in the music video for their top ten single "When You Look Me In the Eyes." Jason Mraz also filmed a live DVD here, called Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom. The music video for CKY's song Close Yet Far was shot at The Rave. Certain interview clips from All Time Low's 2010 DVD, Straight to DVD were filmed on the roof of the building. The Rave hosted ECW events in 2000 such as Hardcore Heaven in May and various ECW on TNN episodes. The Rave Eagles Grand Ballroom currently hosts Milwaukee based combat sports promotions North American Fighting Championship (NAFC) MMA & Knockout Kings Kickboxing.

Location

2401 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
43.03827, -87.94324

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Eagles Club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1986.

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Eagles Club is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Eagles Club is recorded as the industrial era.

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