Author: Eric Renner Brown

No Show? No Game? That’s Not Stopping These Venues

No Show? No Game? That’s Not Stopping These Venues

Posted by | Sep 22, 2020 |

GREENING UP: The Greens is a distanced dining experience at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City. (Getty Images) Concerts and games might’ve dried up in 2020, but for some venues, concessions kept on ticking. In New York City, Manhattan’s The Rooftop at Pier 17, the outdoor club that was named VenuesNow’s All-Star Club for 2019, was prepared for a third successful season before the pandemic arrived in March. While the venue wasn’t able to welcome artists including Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Greensky Bluegrass and Deftones this summer — all have already been rescheduled for 2021 — it still found a way for patrons to enjoy its view of the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River. “With the concert industry put on pause leading up to the summer season, a big goal of ours was to be able to provide a seasonal amenity for our community,”… Continue Reading No Show? No Game? That’s Not Stopping These Venues

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Canada First?

Canada First?

Posted by | Aug 28, 2020 |

ROGERS THAT: Rogers Place in Edmonton has had a big year, even after the shutdown. (Courtesy Oilers Entertainment Group) Country ahead of the U.S. on path back to live events The coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the United States, but its northern neighbor has fared better: As of Aug. 17, Canada had reported only 122,000 cases, compared with the United States’ total of well over 5.4 million. TOP STOPS: CANADA Canada’s border remains closed to Americans until at least Sept. 21, but with death totals in the single digits nearly every day in late July and early August, Canada has begun its reopening. In August, movie theaters even began welcoming customers once again — at half capacity — giving North American box offices their first good news in months. Like the United States, Canada has a long road ahead before crowds fill stands at stadiums, arenas, theaters and clubs once again.… Continue Reading Canada First?

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Comedy: Just for Laughs

Comedy: Just for Laughs

Posted by | Jul 28, 2020 |

GRIN CITIES: Theaters in hot comedy markets, like the State Theatre in Minneapolis, are popular homes for comedy tapings. (Getty Images) How venues define comedy specials For comics, killer material matters – but so do the stages they present it on, especially when their sets are recorded for posterity. Selecting the proper venue for taping specials is “an intimate process, because this is the artist’s body of work, and they want it presented in the best possible way,” UTA head of comedy Nick Nuciforo told VenuesNow. “The specials can be meaningful in moving the needle on an artist’s career.” Live comedy – and its filmed documentation – has grown substantially in recent years, freed from the confines of broadcast television by the streaming platforms where hour-long comedy specials have become commonplace. In 2020 alone, Netflix has released more than 20 such features, ranging from heavyweights like Jerry Seinfeld to left-of-center… Continue Reading Comedy: Just for Laughs

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How 11E1even Group Grossed $600,000 During a Pandemic

How 11E1even Group Grossed $600,000 During a Pandemic

Posted by | Jun 27, 2020 |

GOOSE ISLAND: 11E1even artist Goose opens for Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre on March 7. (Kendall McCargo) Management company’s ‘survival mode’ produces Live From Out There streaming festival In mid-March, as the novel coronavirus pandemic arrived in America and threw the live business into disarray, few responded as effectively as management company 11E1even Group, which represents artists such as Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Twiddle and Goose, and established a new revenue model for its clients. “The idea, first and foremost, was us jumping immediately into survival mode of ‘how do we make sure we’re going to be able to keep these bands afloat that we represent,’ which then obviously turned into a bigger concept of helping bands and crews around the country through our platform,” said 11E1even owner Ben Baruch. Baruch and 11E1even manager Dave DiCianni co-founded Live From Out There, an inventive pay-per-view streaming festival that… Continue Reading How 11E1even Group Grossed $600,000 During a Pandemic

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INTIX Quarterly: System Reboot

INTIX Quarterly: System Reboot

Posted by | Jun 27, 2020 |

LEMME IN: The COVID-19 pandemic shut down secondary ticketing, but companies hope fans will be excited to return to events. (Getty Images) Secondary ticketing market sees promise beyond treacherous waters As the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic and the live industry shutdown that accompanied it have rippled across the business, few sectors have been hit harder than secondary ticketing. “It’s been unprecedented and catastrophic for the entire live event industry and certainly those in the secondary ticket market,” said Gary Adler, executive director and general counsel for the National Association of Ticket Brokers. “An interesting thing for the resellers is they’re getting hit in all directions. One, because there’s no revenue coming in, obviously, but two, because there’s all this recapturing of revenue that they generated in the past.” Major platforms, such as StubHub, SeatGeek and VividSeats, and independent resellers alike have been pinched from both sides, with promoters and… Continue Reading INTIX Quarterly: System Reboot

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