Ok, you obviously missed the point of my post. I'm talking about shear volume of venues on Bay St. With one or two bars in between Ivy's and Mark's in addition to North Star, it would have roughly the same venue count as the strip in Gainesville. As far as comparing the entertainment value of Gville's strip and Bay St., they are two different beasts with two different settings and population demographics. They can't be compared in that sense. Downtown needs to be compared to its competition, ie the Beaches and the dance clubs in between the Downtown and the Beach.
On a different note, the Red Bull/Motocross was a big hit, huge crowd and great vibe. Well done in putting that together Mark.