Thursday, June 23, 2011

Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - Two highly anticipated events scheduled for this summer at Alliance Bank Stadium have been cancelled.Event promoter Entertainment and Sports International tells NewsChannel 9 that the Big Apple Circus show set for July 18 never panned out. They also say the August Boston Pops Concert, featuring Kenny Loggins, fell through due to economic troubles. Entertainment and Sports International says ticketholders will get a full refund.NewsChannel 9 did try to contact Syracuse Chief's General Manager John Simone, but we haven't heard back.
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Posted by Buckles at 6/23/2011 08:56:00 AM

7 comments:

Frank Ferrante said...

Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry EeeeNturEsteeeeeg

23 June, 2011 09:51
Dick Flint said...

The show will not appear as well at the Lancaster, PA, ballpark on July 19. A ballpark representative told me this noon that "the promoters canceled it." The website of the promoters, Entertainment & Sports International, states it "is currently down for maintenance" and they haven't updated their facebook page for many months. Incorporated in 2003, the two principals in the company are based in Raleigh, NC, and Glen Ridge, NJ.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

23 June, 2011 14:01
Dick Flint said...

More info: Street & Smith’s “Sports Business Journal” for March 28-April 3 of this year discussed “ESI’s first venture into concert promotion” and noting only that ESI’s previous ventures had been to produce Family Fun Fests that they described as a “parking lot carnival that has made 350 appearances at minor league parks.” With their cancellation of the Boston Pops concert in Syracuse as well it sounds as if the problem lies with the promoter and has little to do with any Big Apple difficulty.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

23 June, 2011 14:17
Buckles said...

I wonder if Big Apple has to return the front money?

23 June, 2011 14:40
1,2,3 strikes your out said...

Doesn't Vidbells have another unit that can play the date?

23 June, 2011 15:42
Chic Silber said...

Sounds like BA may not have the

moolah to give back

They are in a pretty deep hole

24 June, 2011 16:21
Anonymous said...

Hi Buckles! The Big Apple Circus and Kenny Loggins shows scheduled for Rochester have also been cancelled.There is web site for ticket refunds in Rochester. Ticket holders have to go to Frontier Field for refunds. Bill Galloway,Rochester,NY

24 June, 2011 17:56

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