New Downtown Theater???

[iwasthere]

tt, rome was not built in a day. the theater will be blt along side the kirwins and trafficant canal.

[Towntalk]

Tonight, as I was working on my pet project, I got to thinking about stuff, serious, not serious, and just plain stupid and I said to myself "Me, what's life all about?", and with a shrug of the shoulders, "What?' and I answered, "What the blue blazes is life all about."
After scratching my head, while deep in thought, I said: "If I were half as smart as I think I am, I'd just sit back and enjoy the real world according to Me and stop getting worked up by pipe dreams that will never happen such as a new ampthatheater downtown."

[Peggy Gurney]

Vent away. Doesn't bother me a bit.   

[Towntalk]

Don't mind me today, I'm just in one of those moods ... I know a whole lot of  swell people here on town, and they all are here on mahoningvalley.info.
I try not to vent my spleen here, but ever since I shut down my newsletter, I don'thave any way of venting my frustrations with what's going on here in town, so I have to cut loose here without intending to target any of my friends. God knows I need all the friends I can get in my old age since I have no real family here in town ... they're all either in Pennsylvania or Texas.

[Peggy Gurney]

naawwww it's not God forsaken, it is PEOPLE forsaken, with a bunch of nutcases (for the mostpart) at the helm.

[Towntalk]

Nothing in this God forsaken city surprises me Peggy.

[Peggy Gurney]

What ever became of this bright idea. It seems that City Hall is tossing doggy do up against a brick wall to see what sticks.

Does that surprise you TT?   

[Towntalk]

What ever became of this bright idea. It seems that City Hall is tossing doggy do up against a brick wall to see what sticks.

[AllanY2525]

Good point, re:ticket stubs, Towntalk...hmmm....maybe the ad on the
display could tell them to keep their stubs(?)

Maybe the downtown restaurants could approach the management at
Convocation about printing something on the ticket stubs mentioning
the specials if they present them at any downtown restaurant(?)

just tossing that out there.....flyers are still another great approach....

[Towntalk]

Both are good ideas, and if the restaurants were to go into it as a co-op, they could keep the price at a reasonable rate.
The idea of the program insers offers the opportunity for coupons while most folks throw away their ticket stubs. Many more take their programs with them at Powers events than ticket stubs which is why the program inserts would have more value.  I know from personal experience that I still have all the programs that I received at Powers events ... there must be a dozen or so.

[AllanY2525]

Two ideas:

1). Advertise on the big electronic display that circles the interior of the convocation
center.  No flyers needed, but either medium would work.

2) Participating restaurants could offer specials for anyone who can show their
TICKET STUBS from that evening's event at the Convocation center.  This would
specifically target attendees of the event.

[Towntalk]

I don't know if programs are given out at concerts and other events at Covelli, but I do know as an absolute undeniable fact that at events at DeYor/Powers programs are given out, and in those programs are ads including ads for restaurants. There is nothing stopping Covelli from giving out programs if they don't already, and there is nothing stopping the downtown restaurants from placing an ad in them.
Here's an idea worth promoting ... ads with coupons for specials at the downtown restaurants as inserts in the programs.
At DeYor/Powers, inserts are the norm advertising upcoming shows so this is nothing unique.
If all the downtown restaurants were to combine their efforts this way, the cost for the inserts would be minable and everyone would benefit.

[AllanY2525]

A video clip of the mayor was on the TV news this morning.  He was explaining how the city now has control of the food concessions at the convocation center and makes a lot of money to help pay off the debt.

If concert goers eat inside the convocation center or at an amphitheater, they will be less likely to dine at the existing downtown restaurants.  Remember what recently happened to the restaurant situated closest to the convocation center?

If the events at the convocation center have several thousand people in attendance,
surely the nearby restaurants will get some patronage, just by the sheer number of
attendees. 

Not everyone who attends events there will eat there, as some will want to go out for
drinks, food, coffee afterward.


Either way, the city gets some money.

[Towntalk]

There's more talk, and talk is all it is at this point because the city doesn't have the funds, and no one in the private sector has stepped forward to provide the money, about building an amphitheater on the site of the demolished portion of the Wean United complex (10.43 acres).
The First Ward Council Woman would like to see that acreage turned into an entertainment/housing/shopping complex but admits that there simply isn't the money for it.
Another idea being tossed around is for the acreage to be turned into an additional parking lot for the Covelli Center.
The biggest problem with our city officials is the fact that they keep throwing out grand schemes before they even know if they can afford to actually carry them out in a timely fashion.

[Towntalk]

As an alternative to an amphitheater, the city should consider a pavilion which would be more cost effective both to design and construct. This style could incorporate all the technical equipment that would be needed ... lighting and sound ... and could also have a wide screen that could be lowered for showing movies.