Author: James Zoltak

Basie Center Heads for the Track

Basie Center Heads for the Track

Posted by | Jun 4, 2020 | , ,

PAC launching drive-in shows at Monmouth Park parking lots The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, N.J., is launching a drive-in series of shows at Monmouth Park racetrack in nearby Oceanport, beginning with a July 11 performance by Garden State favorite Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. Within two days of announcing that show, a July 12 performance by comedian Jim Gaffigan was announced. The shows are being promoted in-house by The Basie Presents. The Drive-In Live at Monmouth Park series should provide much-needed economic relief for the Count Basie Theatre. The roughly 1,600-seat landmark has been shuttered since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. New Jersey has been one of the states hardest hit by the outbreak, with nearly 12,000 deaths, second only to the roughly 30,000 killed in neighboring New York, according to Johns Hopkins University. Both shows will benefit the nonprofit Basie Center, with… Continue Reading Basie Center Heads for the Track

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Traditional Security Risks Haven’t Left the Scene

Traditional Security Risks Haven’t Left the Scene

Posted by | May 29, 2020 |

STAYING VIGILANT: Traditional threats to events must still be accounted for. (Getty Images) Experts stress that we shouldn’t let our guard down during pandemic As the coronavirus pandemic occupies the attention of venue managers and related business operators, some in the industry say it’s important that no one lose sight of the kinds of security risks that were top of mind prior to the current crisis. The events of Sept. 11, 2001; the Boston Marathon bombing in April, 2013; the November 2015 attacks on the Bataclan nightclub in Paris and Stade de France in Saint-Denis; and the October 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival are examples of the kinds of events that have kept those involved with staging sports and other live events awake at night. And as the industry inches its way back toward a resumption of operations, the sad reality is, there are those who would take advantage… Continue Reading Traditional Security Risks Haven’t Left the Scene

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Safe and Sound

Safe and Sound

Posted by | May 29, 2020 | ,

L.A. LIVE: Dodger Stadium sits waiting for baseball to begin. As sports venues reopen, many will seek a new health-safety certification rating formed by experts across multiple industries. (Getty Images) Interdisciplinary collection of experts formed to create certification program for sports and entertainment venues Venues and live events can’t be made fully safe in the age of COVID-19, but a new initiative tied to the International Well Building Institute can go a long way toward making them safer for everyone, says an expert and co-chair of a panel formed as part of the program. Dr. Allen Hershkowitz, chairman of Sport and Sustainability International and science adviser to the New York Yankees, is among 40 industry professionals, team officials, scientists and other experts who have formed the Well Advisory on Sports and Entertainment Venues. The goal is to develop a new health-safety certification program, the Well Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations… Continue Reading Safe and Sound

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Drive-In Events on Tap for Petco Park

Drive-In Events on Tap for Petco Park

Posted by | May 29, 2020 |

Petco Park in San Diego will use a nearby parking lot to host drive-in graduation ceremonies, screenings of the movie “Anchorman” and a concert by Switchfoot and Hirie.

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Drones Offer Aerial Assault on Virus

Drones Offer Aerial Assault on Virus

Posted by | May 28, 2020 | , ,

Companies including Rantizo Inc. of Iowa City, Iowa; OMI Environmental Solutions of Belle Chasse, La.; and EagleHawk of Buffalo, N.Y., are offering amphitheaters, arenas, stadiums and other facilities the opportunity to have airborne sprayer drones disinfect and sanitize their facilities.

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