Starlight Accolades Location

I didn't notice a difference in the number of sims spawning and at first their behaviour didn't change, either. Usually my sims are rather desinterested in the ceremony, regardless of where it happens. In the old location the fans and the paparazzi would do their thing outside, some would also interact with the bouncer. But once the sims were inside, they sort of lost interest.

Here is an overview of the new lot, it's basically a 5-minute-edit to the Maxis lounge. The red area is the wellness area, accessable for 2 star celebs and up. The yellow square marks the ceremony space and as you can see it takes the sims some time to reach it, with several distractions in their way.

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After the notification popped up, there was a mass exodus of patrons and service personell. I think that's normal?
Then game then started sending new sims, among them Thorne Bailey who attracted quite a lot of attention posing in front of the toilets.


The first candidate had maybe two spectators? The real action was all over the place, unfortunately I didn't pay attention to the bouncer door. So I cannot tell whether the sims tried getting in or not.


A few shots of the skyline for those interested. It would look better if the stage was facing the side where the bubble blower is now, but I do not want to have it that close to the elevator.
Pictured is the second winner and by the time there were between one and four spectators watching. Later it went up to eight.


The stars are out, literally & figuratively. It's properly dark by now and I just love the open space.


And the end result. At this point the action culminated around the microphone, with a lone bartender and bouncer in the background, but the lounge being empty otherwise. So, long story short, I'd say having no fame requirement does help to populate the ceremony stage. But only with the sims that would have been at the venue already, no extras spawned.