Author: Eric Renner Brown

MSG Completes Split Into Sports, Entertainment Firms

Posted by | Apr 20, 2020 | ,

FitzPatrick announced as EVP/CFO for MSG Entertainment The Madison Square Garden Co. completed its planned separation into two companies, one focused on sports and one focused on entertainment, late Friday, the company announced Monday. Now known as Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., The Madison Square Garden Co. has spun off its entertainment properties into Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp., a move that had been in the works since 2018. “While the current environment presents significant challenges to our industry, we are confident in the future, and look forward to MSG Entertainment building on its reputation as a leader in live experiences,” said James Dolan, executive chairman and CEO of MSG Entertainment, in a statement. Dolan is also expected to be executive chairman of MSG Sports. MSG Entertainment named Mark FitzPatrick executive vice president and chief financial officer of the new company. FitzPatrick is “a talented corporate finance executive who brings… Continue Reading MSG Completes Split Into Sports, Entertainment Firms

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MSG’s Dolan Tests Positive For Coronavirus

MSG’s Dolan Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Posted by | Mar 30, 2020 | , ,

James Dolan (center) at an NBA Summer League game in July at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. (Getty Images) He continues to oversee business operations for company, Knicks James Dolan, owner of the New York Knicks and executive chairman and CEO of The Madison Square Garden Co., continues to oversee business operations there after testing positive for coronavirus. “He has been in self-isolation and is experiencing little to no symptoms,” the Knicks wrote in a statement. The team announced Dolan’s test results Saturday. Dolan, 64, is the first NBA owner who has publicly confirmed a coronavirus diagnosis. The NBA season was suspended March 11 after a player received a positive coronavirus diagnosis. Among the most influential and colorful executives in the live entertainment business, Dolan continues to blaze trails in the industry, particularly with plans for the MSG Sphere, a new line of facilities by The MSG Co.… Continue Reading MSG’s Dolan Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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Epidemiologist: Why It Was Right to Shutter Venues

Epidemiologist: Why It Was Right to Shutter Venues

Posted by | Mar 23, 2020 | , ,

Nurses tend to the sick at a temporary hospital at the Oakland (Calif.) Municipal Auditorium in 1918 during the Spanish flu outbreak. Epidemiology professor Dr. George Rutherford says that pandemic offers lessons that can be used to fight COVID-19. (Getty Images) Venues from nightclubs to stadiums closed their doors en masse in mid-March as the coronavirus arrived in the U.S. and forced government officials to restrict large gatherings and performers and sports teams to postpone or cancel events for the next several weeks. The unprecedented measures, which began in earnest with the cancellation of Miami’s major electronic music festival Ultra on March 4, and continued the following week with the halt of the NBA and NHL seasons, may have initially seemed premature to industry observers and fans alike, given that American cases of the virus had yet to spike. But Dr. George Rutherford, a professor of epidemiology specializing in infectious… Continue Reading Epidemiologist: Why It Was Right to Shutter Venues

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Nashville’s Basement East Damaged In Tornado

Nashville’s Basement East Damaged In Tornado

Posted by | Mar 3, 2020 | , ,

SCENE OF DESTRUCTION: A television news crew works in front of a mural on the heavily damaged club The Basement East in the East Nashville neighborhood after tornadoes overnight. (Getty Images) ‘Building is destroyed, but we will be back!’ club responds on Facebook Nashville club The Basement East was among the properties severely damaged by the tornadoes that swept through Tennessee early Tuesday. “All staff working tonight are okay! Building sustained significant damage,” the Twitter account for the 575-capacity venue shared at 2:55 a.m. Tuesday. “Staff is all safe!” Basement East’s Facebook account posted about a half-hour later. “Building is destroyed, but we will be back!” In a more detailed statement shared shortly before noon, the venue shared that Tuesday’s Elohim show was canceled but that it was “diligently working on each show to either relocate or cancel,” emphasizing that the process could take days or weeks. Added Basement East:… Continue Reading Nashville’s Basement East Damaged In Tornado

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Radius Chicago Plants Its Flag

Radius Chicago Plants Its Flag

Posted by | Feb 28, 2020 |

SPIRIT OF THE RADIUS: Radius Chicago, shown in a rendering, will extend live music to the Pilsen neighborhood. (Courtesy Radius Chicago) In a city of theaters and ballrooms, entrepreneur introduces a warehouse The north side hegemony of Chicago’s live music scene is waning. •  For years, Chicagoans often had to venture — or stay — well north of the Loop, the neighborhood at the Windy City’s epicenter, to catch marquee national acts at revered  clubs like the Metro and Schubas Tavern and larger rooms such as the Riviera Theatre and the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom. But Chicago has changed, and its live music scene is following suit. Enter Chicago nightlife figure Nick Karounos, who owns and operates Concord Music Hall and Prysm Nightclub and ran The Mid for a decade before it closed in February 2019. Karounos’ latest venture, Radius Chicago, is perhaps the most significant example of nightlife striking… Continue Reading Radius Chicago Plants Its Flag

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