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Foxwoods’ Two-Theater Strategy

Foxwoods’ Two-Theater Strategy

Posted by | Apr 11, 2019 | , ,

Foxwoods Resort Casino has two live entertainment spaces: the Fox Theater and the Grand Theater. (All photos courtesy Foxwoods) With business good, resort continues to look at adding a third Foxwoods Resort Casino opened in 1992 in Mashantucket, Conn. It opened its first venue, the 1,370-capacity Fox Theater, in 2003. “Shows kept selling out,” said Monique Sebastian, who has been the vice president of entertainment and entertainment marketing for five years and with the property for 15 years. “The demands of the market were saying we could sustain a bigger venue while running the Fox Theater as well. We wanted to do more acts on a grander scale with higher-end productions. We wanted more seats, more people and to bring more traffic into the building.” They wanted to do Broadway. Big concerts. Cirque shows. With that mandate, the nearly 4,000-capacity Grand Theater was opened in 2008. “There is not much… Continue Reading Foxwoods’ Two-Theater Strategy

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BSE Global on NYCB Live, Two Years In

BSE Global on NYCB Live, Two Years In

Posted by | Apr 3, 2019 | , ,

BSE Global has revitalized NYCB Live: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. (All photos courtesy BSE Global) Sheldon: ‘Goal is to keep all this positive momentum going’ BSE Global, which runs Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, took over operations at NYCB Live: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum two years ago after a $180 million renovation. To mark the anniversary, VenuesNow spoke with its executive vice president of programming, Keith Sheldon, about what the company has learned about bringing an arena back to prominence. How’s it going at NYCB Live? Great. The building is back, open for business and better than ever. In the last fiscal year, 10 of 12 shows sold out and the two shows there were not sellouts had a 90 percent sell-through rate. The range began with Panic! at the Disco in July and has continued through our latest show, which was Kiss, last week (March 22). Have things gone to plan?… Continue Reading BSE Global on NYCB Live, Two Years In

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The Show Goes On

The Show Goes On

Posted by | Apr 3, 2019 |

Agua Caliente’s live entertainment venue, The Show, celebrated its 10th anniversary in March. (Courtesy Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage) Agua Caliente maintains strategy of  featuring big stars Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage City: Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venue: The Show at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage Capacity: 2,700 Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its live music venue, The Show, this year by acknowledging that some traditions are worth keeping, like booking the biggest names. “We’ve ramped it up by going after the A-listers,” said Dan Pferschy, director of entertainment at the venue for six years. “We’ve had Van Morrison, Duran Duran, Steven Tyler, Dolly Parton and Styx.” The Show, which seats 2,100 and has a standing-room capacity of 2,700, started big when it opened in 2009 with Billy Joel, Matchbox Twenty and Martina McBride. Ten years later, Jerry Seinfeld… Continue Reading The Show Goes On

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Changing the Game

Changing the Game

Posted by | Apr 3, 2019 |

Taking in a show at The Show, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. (Courtesy Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage) As more tribal casinos become destinations for high-level stars and shows are more often expected to generate profits as well as draw gaming customers, VenuesNow spoke with three casinos from different regions about the climate for attracting acts and fans to their live entertainment venues.  We also talked to Tom Cantone, who it’s been said revolutionized the casino business in 1985 when he booked Eddie Murphy at the Sands in Atlantic City, starting the trend of bigger stars performing in casino venues. Cantone, Mohegan Sun vice president of sports and marketing, discusses his 35-year career and how he helped shape what we know today as a casino act.   The Show goes on: Agua Caliente maintains strategy of featuring big stars Cantone means can do: Mohegan Sun exec still helping redefine… Continue Reading Changing the Game

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Talking Points: Kate Lieberman

Talking Points: Kate Lieberman

Posted by | Apr 3, 2019 | , ,

Vice president of guest service for U.S. concerts/venues, Live Nation (Courtesy Live Nation) Her motorcycle diaries are short, but the wait for a Dodgers championship seems long. Hometown Los Angeles. I thought I’d grow up to be  A rock journalist. First job in the industry Live Nation, 2006. I was the assistant to the VP of national marketing. Free-time pursuits Travel, cook, Pilates, go to Dodger games and get angry that they can’t seem to win a World Series.  Book Just finished Jeff Tweedy’s memoir, “Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back).” Surprising fact A few years back I decided it was finally time to live my dream of riding a motorcycle. I quickly realized that, sadly, this was a dream better situated in fantasy than reality. Favorite live event attended  Top five: Kendrick Lamar (Sasquatch festival,  2015), Jason Isbell (The Wiltern, 2016), Pearl Jam (Wrigley Field, 2016), Tom Petty… Continue Reading Talking Points: Kate Lieberman

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