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Winterland BallroomWinterland was an old ice skating rink in San Francisco, California. Located at the corner of Post and Steiner, it later was taken over by rock promoter Bill Graham, and the old hall became legendary for the shows that happened there. Everyone from the Rolling Stones, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane, and Elvis Costello played there, in support of his Armed Forces record; virtually anyone you can think of from that era played Winterland or two blocks away across Geary at the original Fillmore Auditorium. The Grateful Dead made it their home base. It held around 5,000 people. The Sex Pistols played their last show there on January 14, 1978. Winterland closed on New Years 1978/79. It was torn down a few years later, replaced by apartment condos.
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