il ion ▁however , ▁and ▁it ▁became ▁sever ely ▁d eter ior ated ▁and ▁v andal ized ; ▁it ▁was ▁ultimately ▁demol ished ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁State ▁Pav il ion ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁TV ▁and ▁movie ▁sets , ▁such ▁as ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁Mc Cloud ; ▁for ▁The ▁W iz ; ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁setting ▁( and ▁the ▁plot ) ▁for ▁Men ▁in ▁Black ; ▁and ▁the ▁center pie ce ▁for ▁the ▁St ark ▁Ex po ▁in ▁Iron ▁Man ▁ 2 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁ven ue ▁for ▁rock ▁concert s , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁S inger ▁Bowl ▁Festival ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁which ▁included ▁Led ▁Ze ppel in , ▁the ▁Gr ateful ▁Dead , ▁James ▁Brown , ▁Joe ▁C ocker , ▁Sant ana ▁and ▁other ▁head line ▁groups ▁of ▁the ▁era ▁( see ▁ ▁for ▁poster ▁ad s ). ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁film ing ▁location ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁for ▁the ▁video ▁clip ▁for ▁the ▁debut ▁single ▁by ▁They ▁M ight ▁Be ▁Gi ants , ▁Don ' t ▁Let ' s ▁Start . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁dec ades ▁after ▁the ▁fair ▁closed , ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁abandoned ▁and ▁badly ▁neglect ed ▁re lic , ▁with ▁its ▁roof ▁gone ▁and ▁the ▁once ▁bright ▁flo ors ▁and ▁walls ▁almost ▁f aded ▁away . ▁Once ▁the ▁red ▁ce iling ▁t iles ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁pav il ion ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ,