Has Shea Stadium Found the Secret to Longevity for DIY Venues?

It seemed likely that Bushwick’s Shea Stadium would die the death of so many other adored, dubiously-legal DIY spaces. The country is littered with the bones of all-ages venues that were slowly bled dry by licensing issues and fire marshal inquisitions. Death By Audio, 285 Kent, Market Hotel—there’s an expected transience to off-the-books rock ‘n roll. They count their history in months, not years, and are remembered in wistful coffee-table books and a particular group of