Me? I'll be pouring beer for Leicht at Nite

The thing about my job that I love is you never know what you might be doing. In this case, it'll be serving/selling beer for the first concert in the Leicht at Nite free concert series in downtown Green Bay. They run just about every Thursday night at Leicht Park on the Fox River. I'm curious to know what the turnout will be because this is the first time a night time concert series has ever been attempted there. There have been concerts, Bayfest and the like, but never anything that happens on a weekly basis. You can't beat the price (free) and the beverages will be reasonable. What a great thing it would be if this thing took off and became even bigger in the future. This will sort of be a gauge for the future I think. Check it out...and look for the bald guy in the beer tent. That would be me.

Hornswoggle "big" on thank you

Local wrestler and now WWE Superstar Hornswoggle might not be big in stature, but he's big in the world of WWE these days and gave a big thank you to the Resch Center. Hornswoggle presented the Resch Center staff with a championship belt, on behalf of Vince McMahon, to thank us for pulling off a complete refund of the Monday Night Raw June 22 show. For the first time in WWE history, everyone who attended the show got their money back thanks to Donald Trump. Hornswoggle is a Northeastern Wisconsin native and still lives in the area. He's a great guy and it's alway neat to meet these guys away from the show.

Trump got Gamblers locker room

When the Green Bay Gamblers hockey team takes up residence in the Resch Center next season, they'll be able to say they shared a room with a famous billionaire. Donald Trump used the Gamblers' locker room at the Resch Monday when he was in town for Monday Night Raw. Interesting story....Gamblers coach Jon Cooper says okay, Trump can use the room, but he cannot step on the Gamblers' logo, on the floor, in the middle of the room. Hockey players believe it brings the team bad luck when anyone steps on the logo. So, my fellow Resch Center colleagues put a rug over the logo and then placed a coffee table on the rug so no one could walk over the area.

Interesting day around here with Trump. It was almost like the President was here. Lots of media and lots of hype. But, what a joke that he already "sold" back Monday Night Raw to Mr. McMahon after one week. I'm also guessing the refunded ticket announcement will garner WWE major publicity throughout the industry. It was a huge production at the airport for the news conference on Monday afternoon....for something that lasted less than 10 minutes. Oh to have money!

No joke, the Donald is coming to Green Bay

Like WWE or not, the fact that Donald Trump is coming to Green Bay next Monday for the Monday Night Raw show at the Resch is causing quite a stir. A lot of folks have been calling the box office and a lot of the media have been calling me to see if Trump will be available for interviews. The morning radio shows have also been talking about it. The show was nearly sold out even before the Trump news hit, so it's probably a no brainer it will sell out before Monday. You have to give WWE credit, they sure know how to create publicity! It will be interesting to see how Trump travels, how early he gets here and how scarce he'll be around the Resch. It would also be interesting to see what that head of hair looks like in person!

KISS vote a publicity stunt?

If you haven't heard, the band KISS says it will play on the first ever fan-routed tour. Meaning, the markets that vote the most saying they want KISS, will get a KISS concert. I'm curious about this and wonder if it's nothing more than a publicity stunt. But what if it isn't? It would be awesome to see KISS at the Resch. So, for what it's worth, I voted for Green Bay. What about you? The deadline to vote is coming up June 30. If interested, go to eventful.com/kiss and plug in a Green Bay zip code. First Barack Obama, now Gene Simmons!

Tom, Dick & Harry who?

Perhaps you saw the news reports about a new restaurant and entertainment venue coming to Ashwaubenon in early August. It'll be called Tom, Dick & Harry's. No, those aren't the owners names...just a clever name to define a place that will be for everyone...you know...every Tom, Dick or Harry. The business will be managed by our company, PMI Entertainment Group and we will book concerts in the venue portion of the business. Capacity will be 800-1,000 people for general admission type concerts. We also manage the Meyer Theatre in downtown Green Bay with a similar capacity. These venues will not compete against each other. Granted, there may be an artist or two that could work in either venue, but we will be targeting different types of entertainment for each. Some things are just better meant for a club atosmosphere. Others will continue to be best suited for the Meyer. In any case, entertainment as a whole will be better for it in the Green Bay area.

Four busy days!

The Resch Center had four busy days this past weekend..starting with Jeff Dunham on Thursday, Blizzard game on Friday, Keith Urban on Saturday and Disturbed concert on Sunday. We had pretty big crowds all four days. Dunham was a sell-out and a very nice guy from what I've heard from the folks here who got to meet him. Pretty much down home who feels blessed for the tremendous success he's having right now.

Keith Urban had a great concert Saturday night....actually ran into him (not literally) backstage. And no, I did not see the Mrs.....Nicole Kidman. I think everyone asked me that.

The Disturbed concert was also a big hit with those attending Sunday. I just wish the guy who entered the building right after doors opened could have kept his drinks and dinner to himself. Not a pretty sight for our housekeeping staff to clean up in the lobby! I know I'm getting old, but was it just me or did the music seem as loud as ever? Thank goodness for earplugs!