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The Paramount’s second-floor ballroom carries a history that reaches back to its 1924 opening, and later became a focal point for Boyle Heights punk and new-wave music. Today, shows take place on a general-admission standing floor, with exposed brick around the room and a low stage; the venue says it can arrange seats by request for seniors and patrons with disabilities. Expect a bar serving drinks during the performance, and food from the ground-floor Brooklyn Ave Pizza Co., including pizza and wings, with some items brought upstairs. Shows generally start about an hour after doors open, with one to three support acts before a headliner who typically takes the stage at 10 or 11 p.m. It is in Boyle Heights, east of downtown Los Angeles.