5 Things To Know About “The Sound” at Coachman Park

This week the name was revealed for the new concert venue opening this summer at Coachman Park in Clearwater. "The Sound" is near completion and a few acts have already been announced to be the first to take the stage.

Covered Seating
The biggest thing that those who've been to Coachman Park for concerts in the past will notice is that 4,000 of the seats will be under a roof like the Amphitheatre set up. There will be about 5,000 on the lawn as well.

The first concert...
You won't have to wait long. The first show is set for July 7 with pop punk acts Taking Back Sunday and The Maine. 90s Q105 favorites the Goo Goo Dolls will play the new venue July 24.

It won't be a seasonal venue.
The Sound at Coachman Park will have a year-round performance schedule.

The seating chart.
The set up will be quite similar to the Amphitheatre. The 100 level sections (101-105) will be the ones closest to the stage. 5 more sections behind it will be sections 201-205.

It wasn't cheap!
The project cost... $84 million. Check out the time lapse of its construction above!

Another reason to love St. Pete! On top of having gorgeous beaches, great restaurants and nightlife, it's also one of the places in the U.S. where you can grab a cheap pint of beer.

Betting.com made a list of the cities in the U.S. with the cheapest beer prices. They analyzed over 100 of the most populated cities and the cost of bottle or draught beer. Two Florida cities actually made the list. St. Pete ranked 6th for cities with cheap beer, with an average cost of $4.28 for a pint. Jacksonville wasn't far behind them, they were tied with Lubbock and Irving, Texas and Chesapeake, Virginia for the number 8 spot. Toledo, Ohio was ranked number 1 in America for the cheapest beer. To nobody's surprise, New York and Los Angeles are the two cities with the most expensive prices. You can expect to pay around $8 for a beer in those big cities.

This ranking had us thinking, where is the best place to get a cheap beer in St. Pete? Well we did the work for you. With some help from Yelp.com, we made a list of the places in St. Pete where a pint of beer won't hurt your wallet. St. Pete is a hot spot for breweries. However, don't expect to grab an 8% IPA for $5. This mostly applies to domestic beers like Bud Light, Coors, Miller Lite, etc.

It's right there in the name. Head to Five Bucks Drinkery for some of the cheapest beer (and cocktails) in Downtown St. Pete. A domestic beer (Bud Light, Miller Lite, etc) will cost you only $3.50

Located at 247 Central Ave North, St. Petersburg.

Right next to Jannus is one of the best dive bars in Tampa Bay. You can find tall boy PBR's and Bud Light bottles here for only $2.

Another hidden gem in St. Pete. Come for the cheap beer, stay for the mechanical bull. This place has some of the best drink specials in the Tampa Bay area. Follow them on Facebook to catch all of their weekly specials!

Ferg's is obviously the spot to pregame for Ray's games. Their drink prices and weekly specials keep us coming back even during the off-season.

This quaint little dive bar has the best happy hour 7 days a week. This watering hole is known to have some of the cheapest drinks in town.