Rolling Stones Tower
Purpose / Function
The home of some of the elite performers of Olympia, a swanky high rise that conveniently faces away from the poorer areas of the neighborhood. In the vernacular, it is referred to simply as: “The Tower.” This is the domain of Paradise City’s glitterati, as well as the location of two notable structures important to the borough as a whole: the concert stadium and the museum.
Architecture
Two towers reach to the sky, bedecked in all the glitz and neon that the current cultural zeitgeist has to offer. The residential parts of each tower start at the fourth floor, with the lower three floors being dedicated to the connecting building. The two towers are connected by a large building at the base level. This building is open to the public, as most of it is a museum that houses the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. An enormous concert stadium is built behind yet sharing the same section of Paradise City as the Tower itself.
History
Octant Dionysus (and thus, Paradise City) attracts partygoers and entertainers alike, but if you want to make it as a musician, Paradise City is where it’s at. If you can make it here, you’re set for life, and might even end up as one of the elite, enjoying wealth and fame till the end of your days. As this is the place for making it big in the music biz, the great artists of the modern day needed a place to live that was close to recording studios and the most venues to play at. And so, Rolling Stones Tower was constructed. Packed with luxury condos worth millions, it is a neighborhood of the rich and famous all on its own.
Tourism
The concert hall is capable of holding almost 106,000 people within it, making it the largest music venue in Olympia. Many concerts are held here each year, although only the biggest and most popular bands get to play here with any regularity. The Paradise City Woodstock RockFest is the largest music festival and is held every three years. Hundreds of thousands of concert-goers from across Olympia and even from the Wilds beyond travel to Paradise City to attend this grand event. Bands big and small gather to perform at the week-long event.
Within the building that connects the two towers to each other at the ground floor is the esteemed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is here that the gods of rock and roll from the time of the Ancients and the living legends of today are venerated. Photos, records, and paraphernalia that had been salvaged from the various Arks are held here behind glass cases. What belongings from the rock bands of the old world that have been recovered are treated with all the reverence of holy icons. Exhibits of note include the King’s Guitar (said to have belonged to a musician named Elvis, who the Ancients simply called “The King”), a signed poster of Slash, the exalted lead guitarist of hard rock band Guns and Roses, numerous music instruments signed by famous musicians of old and new, and a stack of carefully preserved Rolling Stone magazines dated from the old world years of 1981 to 1987
