🌳 Night City Plaza
“One of the few places in Night City where the grass is real and nobody’s shooting at you. Usually.”
📋 Quick Reference
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Type | Corporate-built open park / concert venue |
| District | The Glen (Heywood) |
| Status | Safe, corporate-maintained |
| Features | Stage, concrete barriers, statues, fountains, gardens |
| Events | Weekend concerts, theatrical performances |
📝 Overview
Night City Plaza is a rare thing in the Dark Future — a clean, safe, outdoor public space. Corporate-built and corporate-maintained, the Plaza sits in the heart of The Glen, surrounded by the district’s gorgeous architecture and polished streets. Various artists and groups hold concerts and theatrical performances here on most weekends, making it one of the few cultural gathering spots in the city.
The real question isn’t whether it’s safe. It’s who’s paying to keep it that way — and what they want in return.
🏗️ Layout
The Plaza features:
- Central stage — small, quickly surrounded by crowd during events
- Concrete barriers — corporate crowd control, require BODY 10 to move
- Statues and fountains — decorative, useful cover in a pinch
- Gardens — real grass and flowers, maintained by corporate grounds crews
- NET Architecture access points — for authorized corp maintenance systems
🎵 Events & Culture
Weekend concerts draw crowds from across Heywood. Bands like Protocon (a popular Rockerboy group) have performed here. Theatrical performances and community events round out the schedule.
During large events, the Plaza fills with a volatile mix of genuine fans, corporate observers, pickpockets, and gang members soaking in the crowd. Corporate security is present but thin — the corps pay for the park, not for a garrison.
🎲 GM Resources
Adventure Hooks
- A band is performing at the Plaza, but someone in the crowd has a drone loaded with flashbang grenades
- A corporate exec is meeting a contact on a bench during a concert — extract them without causing a stampede
- A pickpocket ring is working the crowd. The Fixer wants their take, not their arrest
- An underground Media wants to broadcast a pirate signal during the concert. Corporate security has other ideas
🔗 Related Topics
(Sources: Tales of the Red — Streetstories, Appendix p.179)