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Friday, April 03, 2020
Why Denver is dangling $10 million in front of the world's largest concert promoters even as live music goes quiet
Denverite, the Denver site!: It’s sad: Try and buy tickets for a Red Rocks show and you’ll find that plenty are canceled or postponed. The legendary, city-owned venue in Morrison is dealing with the fallout of COVID-19, which is really easy to catch, especially when thousands of people gather in one place to dance, sweat and sing.
3 comments:
Elena Keogh
said...
I think that this is an incredible initiative that the city of Denver put in place to protect city-owned entertainment centers during a time of extreme uncertainty and instability. City-owned venues, which are more vulnerable than bigger name companies mentioned in the article, hold a tremendous amount of value to the community, and also bring people to the area to spend money on food, hotels, etc that filters money back into the community as well. I also appreciate the ways in which this city considers the importance of the entertainment industry as this ultimately provides a bit of a net as it gets back up on its feet, which will take some time. This is an obstacle that this industry, and many others, has not had to face and this solution is an incredible adaptation to the circumstances that we are living in, and I hope more will follow in their footsteps!
I think that this is a really great idea, although I still am struggling to figure out whether or not this is completely beneficial to these entertainment centers or if its a kind of the best case scenario for them, considering the times we are in. However, I think it does show great initiative because it is no secret at this point that the entertainment industry is going to be hurting for a while after this situation "ends". The economic and social impacts of this virus will have major ramifications for entertainment companies for years to come, and that will have impacts on the cities they operate in, so I think it is important for cities themselves to provide support to these companies. I know a lot of the world kind of thinks of entertainment either as a luxury or a given part of our everyday lives, but learning about the technical production industry has made me so much more aware of how entertainment companies shutting down will put so many people out of work and completely shift the world economy.
Protect Red Rocks at all costs, that’s all I got to say. I think that this plan involving these contracts is just these shop local initiatives on steroids, and I think that is a really great thing. These venues are niche to their location, and you don’t find places like that in every city. It is seriously taking every part of me to not just turn this into a rant about Red Rocks right now because I seriously think that it is one of the coolest places in the world that one can see a concert. I have never personally been, but it is one of those bucket list experiences for me, which does not make me unique. That is why it is great that the city of Denver is standing up to big corporations, such as Live Nation and AEG, to promote their city-owned venues. Besides, if I were a singer, I would play Red Rocks or the Denver Coliseum over a generic arena any day.
3 comments:
I think that this is an incredible initiative that the city of Denver put in place to protect city-owned entertainment centers during a time of extreme uncertainty and instability. City-owned venues, which are more vulnerable than bigger name companies mentioned in the article, hold a tremendous amount of value to the community, and also bring people to the area to spend money on food, hotels, etc that filters money back into the community as well. I also appreciate the ways in which this city considers the importance of the entertainment industry as this ultimately provides a bit of a net as it gets back up on its feet, which will take some time. This is an obstacle that this industry, and many others, has not had to face and this solution is an incredible adaptation to the circumstances that we are living in, and I hope more will follow in their footsteps!
I think that this is a really great idea, although I still am struggling to figure out whether or not this is completely beneficial to these entertainment centers or if its a kind of the best case scenario for them, considering the times we are in. However, I think it does show great initiative because it is no secret at this point that the entertainment industry is going to be hurting for a while after this situation "ends". The economic and social impacts of this virus will have major ramifications for entertainment companies for years to come, and that will have impacts on the cities they operate in, so I think it is important for cities themselves to provide support to these companies. I know a lot of the world kind of thinks of entertainment either as a luxury or a given part of our everyday lives, but learning about the technical production industry has made me so much more aware of how entertainment companies shutting down will put so many people out of work and completely shift the world economy.
Protect Red Rocks at all costs, that’s all I got to say. I think that this plan involving these contracts is just these shop local initiatives on steroids, and I think that is a really great thing. These venues are niche to their location, and you don’t find places like that in every city. It is seriously taking every part of me to not just turn this into a rant about Red Rocks right now because I seriously think that it is one of the coolest places in the world that one can see a concert. I have never personally been, but it is one of those bucket list experiences for me, which does not make me unique. That is why it is great that the city of Denver is standing up to big corporations, such as Live Nation and AEG, to promote their city-owned venues. Besides, if I were a singer, I would play Red Rocks or the Denver Coliseum over a generic arena any day.
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