Friday, Sep 3, 2010

Pollstar Daily News Service

Rimrock Repair Slow Going

Repairs to Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Mont., are ongoing despite a reported 24 days of rain since a tornado damaged the venue June 20. more

The Maine Arena

Bangor, Maine, officials are moving forward on a proposal to build a new arena in the city and discussing ways to finance the project. more

Broker Court Victory

A New Jersey judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the state against two ticket brokers over their sale of Bruce Springsteen tickets at a Giants Stadium show last year. more


Avo Session At 25

Avo Session festival president Matthias Müller announced a lineup that included Anastacia, Mary J. Blige, Robert Plant, Morcheeba, Jamie Cullum, Jamiroquai, Sheryl Crow, 2Raumwohnung, and Joe Jackson for the Swiss event's 25th-anniversary edition. more

Eventim In Monopoly Probe

After doing its best to block the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, German ticketing giant CTS Eventim is now having one of its own deals investigated by the country’s monopoly authority. more

I.M.P. Sues Over Fillmore Funding

Seth Hurwitz's I.M.P. sued the administration of Montgomery County, Md., as part of a lawsuit against the State of Maryland, Sept. 2 alleging "illegal" funding of the Fillmore music hall under construction in Silver Spring.  more

Burning Man Fans Say Cops Heavy-Handed

David Levin represents entrepreneurs, investors and developers in his legal practice. As an aside, he's a Burning Man barrister — offering free legal advice to those who run afoul of the law at the annual counterculture festival on the Nevada desert. more

Guns N’ Roses Canned In Dublin

Video now available  more

Universal Suffers Sales Dip

Universal Music Group saw sales drop more than 5.4 percent in the first six months of 2010, but the Vivendi-owned company expects the second half of the year will be better. more

Bi-Lo Shuffle

The Greenville Arena District, which owns the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, S.C., has announced it is now the arena’s facility manager as well. more

McKay Now UCCU

The 7,500-capacity McKay Events Center at Utah Valley University in Orem has been renamed the UCCU Center following a naming rights agreement. more

All Fine At The Forum

The church that owns The Forum in Los Angeles has been going at it with facility operator SMG for some time, but tensions appear to have dissipated just as things were approaching boiling point. more

Gun In Bars Debate Not Over

An employee at a Nashville bar has filed a complaint with the state in August, claiming that people allowed to carry guns into bars create a hazardous work environment. more

Photo News

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Billy Corgan is lifted by a Mexican wrestler during the MTV World Stage concert at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City Aug. 26.
 

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Carlos Santana performs at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Aug. 25.
 

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Justin Bieber, performing after an illness, gets love from his fans at Madison Square Garden in NYC Aug. 31.
 

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The lights are working and the sound system is a go as staff of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Okla., run The Joint through its test paces before its Sept. 30 grand opening with the Doobie Brothers.
 

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The Strip will take a turn for the sophisticated when the Deutsche Bank-owned Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel-casino (center) opens in mid-December. The $3.9 billion resort has inked a deal with Marriott.

 

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