How Do Venues Fit Into The Changing Business Model?
Saturday March 5, 2005 3:00PM
Fairmont Royal York

There's a place where you're guaranteed great seats, the sound is terrific and the beers cost less than $2. It's your own home, and it may be the venue that turned the concert season of 2004 into a meltdown. Of course, hefty ticket prices, market saturation andless-than-compelling packages also contributed to this "perfect storm" of cancellations, discounted tickets and half-empty houses. Is this the turning point of the live concert business, as Metropolitan Talent President John Scher says? Or did the fans teach the concert business a lesson it can learn and recover from?

Moderator: Vinny Cinquemani, President, S.L. Feldman and Associates, Toronto

Panelists:
Bruce Morrison, Assistant General Manager, TicketMaster Canada Ltd., Toronto
Kevin Donnelly, President/CEO, MTS Centre (True North Sports & Ent. Ltd.), Winnipeg
Patti-Anne Tarlton, Director, Event Programming, Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Bruce Barrow, VP Client Services, Rexall Centre (Tennis Canada), Toronto

Talent/Booking (Executive)