Industry · venue
Turf Club
The Turf Club is a 350-capacity room on University Avenue in Saint Paul, owned and operated by First Avenue, with a main floor stage upstairs and a second stage in the basement Clown Lounge. First Avenue publishes the capacity itself in the announcement of its Fine Line purchase.
- Current relationships
- 2
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 1
- Latest evidence check
- 2026-08-24
Who owns and operates Turf Club?
Relationship evidence
Each row is one sourced assertion. Ownership, operation, booking, promotion, ticketing, management and roles are recorded separately and never merged. "Unknown" means the cited source does not state it.
| Relationship | Counterparty | Scope / territory | Status | Date / basis | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operatoroperates (inbound) | First Avenue | UnknownLimitation: Operation is recorded separately from ownership because the source names both and the register keeps the two facts apart. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue1 source
|
| Ownerowns (inbound) | First Avenue | UnknownLimitation: First-party statement of ownership by the owner itself. No purchase price, date or structure is claimed. | confirmed | Unknown | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue1 source
|
The record
- Type
- Venue
- Venue type
- Club
- Location
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Region
- Midwest (U.S. Census region)
- Address
- 1601 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55104
- Capacity
- 350 (maximum published)
- Capacity qualifier
- 350 as published by the venue's owner-operator. The figure describes the upstairs music room; the basement Clown Lounge stage is not counted separately.
- Official site
- first-avenue.com/venue/turf-club
Evidence for this record
- First Avenue purchasing the Fine Line — First Avenue. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: First Avenue states that it owns and operates the 250-capacity 7th St Entry, the 350-capacity Turf Club, the 650-capacity Fine Line and the 1,550-capacity First Avenue Mainroom, and co-operates the 2,400-capacity Palace Theatre.
- Turf Club — First Avenue — First Avenue. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: The venue page gives the address as 1601 University Ave, St. Paul 55104, describes the room as a 350-cap venue with a stage and bar upstairs and a basement stage in the Clown Lounge, and lists live music nearly every night.
Ownership
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Avenue owns Turf Club. First Avenue | Ownership | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Operation, booking and promotion
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Avenue operates Turf Club. First Avenue | Operation | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Turf Club — industry register record", Live Index, https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club
- APA
- Live Index (n.d.). Turf Club — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Turf Club — industry register record." Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-venues-turf-club, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Turf Club — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/turf-club} }
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