Asia de Cuba.1) Payout without setting tasks and tying up characters.2) Elegant and attractive design that fits many places in a town. I feel that the open air stage is a trickier fit, and takes a lot of space to design properly.3) Cheaper.I recently bought Asia de Cuba myself. (I don't own the stage.)

Asia de Cuba contributes to gluttony in case you need some help in that...opens up 3-hour tasks for Legs and Louie which might be helpful at times...plus the look is really nice.

I have both. I'm redesigning right now, and the open air stage will likely stay in storage.

I have the open air stage and bought it purely for the tasks, which I think are fun to watch. I've put it in a corner of my Springfield park and have some benches in front looking like it's an outdoor concert :D

I've just brought my open air stage out of storage, had it in there for ages. I've had a change around so found room for it. It looks good, but as neuroheart says it takes a lot of room. I have Asia de Cuba and I kept this one out as it's handy for 3 hour tasks (ref elfin) I think I would go for this first.

I have both but Asia de Cuba is my favourite. The open air stage - as someone said above - takes up too much space and doesn't get used a lot. Asia de Cuba is small, sleek and fits anywhere.

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shawn59736
10 years ago
jen0912 wrote:
I have the open air stage and bought it purely for the tasks, which I think are fun to watch. I've put it in a corner of my Springfield park and have some benches in front looking like it's an outdoor concert :D

What Jen said. It is fun to watch the different acts!! I do own both. And I also have benches in front to watch the performances.
Helen0725
10 years ago
I'd recommend the open air stage, without a doubt! It's so much fun to watch the different acts on the stage!
At the moment, the B-Sharps are headlining for a limited engagement. And Sideshow Mel was the opening act.

http://i.imgur.com/9em39HXl.jpg
cdepast
10 years ago
Id say Open Air - hands down. I love it from a design perspective and also the associated tasks.
mattruns84
10 years ago
Annathewicked wrote:
Thanks all.
Sounds like Asia de Cuba for me currently!

Can't wait to see it, Anna! I love seeing all the buildings you have. :D
mattruns84
10 years ago
cdepast wrote:
Id say Open Air - hands down. I love it from a design perspective and also the associated tasks.

This. I've seen some awesome 3D designs using the open air stage. If you build right, it looks like a pit stadium (if they have a technical term lol).
efin98
10 years ago
mattruns84 wrote:
cdepast wrote:
Id say Open Air - hands down. I love it from a design perspective and also the associated tasks.

This. I've seen some awesome 3D designs using the open air stage. If you build right, it looks like a pit stadium (if they have a technical term lol).

...I believe the term is an amphitheater, hence the "Clamphitheater" that we got recently :wink:

But just arranging benches in rows in front of the stage should be good enough since it's meant to be out in the open seating
HisWrath
10 years ago
My recommendation would be for the Open Air Stage due to all the great tasks but Asia de Cuba is pretty nice too. I actually thought it made a pretty decent terminal building for my airport:
sleepingsun05
10 years ago
Awesome design hiswrath - that's the first time I've ever seen a Springfield airport! :)
NeoSEC28
10 years ago
Helen0725 wrote:
I'd recommend the open air stage, without a doubt! It's so much fun to watch the different acts on the stage!
At the moment, the B-Sharps are headlining for a limited engagement. And Sideshow Mel was the opening act.

http://i.imgur.com/9em39HXl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BX9IVcR.gif

The Open Stage is awesome! Just for having the B-Sharps was enough reason for me to get it :lol:
ordinarilybob
10 years ago
I mean no offense to the OP, but I've never though much of either building. That being said, after some of the posts here, I'm reconsidering the Open Air Theater.

It sounds like a cross between the Bounce House and the Drive-In Theater, in that there's no innate earnings from either until you actively assign a task (like both), which "employs" a character for that time period (like the former), and gives you a unique animation depending on choice (like the latter).

But it pays out a premium for the task, regardless whether you're using a standard/premium character, right?

Hmm... I have seen some pretty neat designs with the OAT, benches, parks, etc. Some of those animations seem pretty cool, too... I'll have to check the Wiki to see who all has tasks there...

BTW, HisWrath, that's a cool looking Airport!