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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Brief notes from today's WMC meeting...
Florence Gatten was unanimously elected as the Commission's first female Chair. MacArthur Davis was elected as Vice-Chair. Former Chairman Mike Bumpass was showered with deserved accolades for his WMC leadership role over the past year and his accomplishments in the promotion of our city. I ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
The most recent WMC meeting was fairly uneventful as most members displayed disappointment in the council's 5-4 vote against resuming construction on the amphitheater.
I asked Matt Brown if there was any chance of Greensboro landing the Charlotte Checkers hockey team as they are looking for a new home. Discussions had ...
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
22. Public hearing to receive information and public comment with reference to the construction of the amphitheater at the Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum Complex.
Agenda item #22 for Tuesday's council meeting is shown above.
If you'd like to lay on a blanket on the grassy knoll (assuming there are lawn seats) and ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
The event in the post headline is notable. Perkins, Bellamy-Small, and Matheny attended the War Memorial Commission meeting yesterday.
Robbie reiterates the point I've been trying unsuccessfully to make recently. Either city residents should get some sort of discount at the facility or others benefiting should share the costs. Note the ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Conceiving ways to put money back into taxpayers pockets is sort of a hobby to me. People sometimes describe me as being conservative.
Some simple math on the Greensboro Coliseum and it's $1.6M yearly deficit.
The four venues on the coliseum grounds average 850 events, 1.3M visitors, and 200K parked cars annually.
If ...
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
This one deserves a blog headline all to itself.
As a converted coliseum cheerleader I started softening him up last year when I first met him at a Grasshopper's game. I believe I told him that I'd pay his 60 cents per month if he'd stop Matt bashing.
And now for the ...
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Dave Ribar posts an in depth look at my recently rejected proposal to discount parking for city residents at coliseum events.
Highlights of Dave's post:
"The first problem is that lower parking fees are likely to lead to a loss in revenue to the Coliseum.
The second problem is that checking an ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The War Memorial Commission met on Thursday with no major issues on the table. The excellent coliseum staff continues to perform well under adverse economic and weather related conditions.
Gymnastics, the circus, both ACC Tournaments, the Gun Show, John Mayer, and Curious George are among the upcoming events. I have my ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
Several of you have asked me to post more information from the War Memorial Commission meetings.
In January's meeting Matt Brown had prepared some information for the new council members that I found interesting.
Click on the chart to the left and you'll see the coliseum has been under budget for 8 ...
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
The Greensboro Coliseum's new website includes a blog.
My information from the WMC calls it G-Blog, however on the site it's called G-Log. I'm not sure at this point which it's supposed to be.
It should be an interesting way for the coliseum to get feedback.
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