Friday, Sep 3, 2010

Pollstar Daily News Service

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

Mountain Winery Codes Questioned

The death of a man who leaped from a roof to the stage during a recent Swell Season concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, Calif., has raised questions about venue security. more

Bonds Stimulate Neb. Arena

Two bond sales to finance construction of the new Lincoln Haymark Arena in Nebraska are getting an extra boost from the federal stimulus package approved by Congress last year, in the form of subsidies and lower-than-anticipated interest rates. more

Tower Expanding In Japan

Although the record store business seems to be deteriorating worldwide, Tower Records is actually expanding in Japan and getting into A&R. more

Del Mar Express

The Del Mar Fairgrounds in California recently added a new path to its racetrack infield to ease congestion after large events. more

Popkomm Returns

Having tucked itself under the wing of Berlin Music Week, Popkomm returns to the conference calendar at the city’s Tempelhof Airport Sept. 8-10. more

Photo News

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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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Photo: Courtesy Wicomico Youth & Civic Center

Workers install a new high-tech floor as part of an ongoing renovation project at the 6,892-capacity Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury, Md., Aug. 11. The project also includes new rigging, scoreboards and a roof makeover.

 

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