The folks from BSE Global — I recognized the couple who own the New York Liberty from the ticker tape parade — have engaged the producer of the magic show “The Illusionists” to create an immersive cirque show in the lobby of the historic 48 Wall, a 19,000 square foot event space on the corner of William that was once the Bank of New York headquarters. (The building’s cornerstone was laid on January 12, 1928, the 171st birthday of the banks founder, Alexander Hamilton.)

It sounds like it will be a show within a show: set in 1925, the bank has been inherited by the son, and he wants to put on an extravagant cirque show. Those 1920s characters will be mingling around the space during the pre-show; then the show is said cirque, with 25 real-life highwire acts from around the world today.

The brains behind the show, Simon Painter, said this will be Las Vegas quality, but in a real Downtown setting.

“This is the only venue I have ever seen in New York that is perfect for the concept,” he told Community Board 1’s Licensing Committee. “Normally we have to spend $50 million making a building that looks like this. We are very lucky with this one because it already looks like the place we imagined.”

There will be 550 seats in the round, and one to four 80-minute shows a night. The entertainment and dining will be on the ground floor; there will be a bar on the mezzanine.

Painter said he specializes in “3G entertaining” — three generations of a family watching entertainment together. “The show will appeal to ages 10 to 100,” he said.