World class

When is the last time you had a chance to see a U.S. Olympic team in action right before the Olympics? Probably hardly ever. But you have that chance this weekend at the Resch as the U.S. men's national team or Team USA will be at the Resch Center Friday and Saturday nights at 7pm each night. Most of these guys will be on the U.S. men's volleyball team for the Beijing Olympics later this summer. It's volleyball like you've never seen before....unless you were here last here. The serves are at 70 mph and the spikes far exceed that!

I recently returned from New York City where I learned more about the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes. It'll be at the Resch Center on November 11 & 12 and will pretty much be the same show that plays at Radio City in New York during the Christmas season, but maybe even bigger according to organizers. The show will travel with 30 trucks! That's nuts! It will be the largest show ever to load in to the Resch. It includes a live nativity scene among other cool things and I'll talk more about it as it gets closer. But you can expect to see a few Rockettes in Green Bay in September to kick off the public on-sale of tickets.

World class

When is the last time you had a chance to watch a U.S. Olympic team in action right before they left to compete in the most famous games of all? You have that chance at the Resch Center this weekend. Team USA men's volleyball will be in action against Finland as part of World League action. Most of these guys will be on the U.S. men's volleyball team in Beijing for the Olympics later this summer. It is world class volleyball and unlike anything you have seen (unless you were here last year). Serves are 70 mph and the spikes are far beyond that. Games are 7pm both Friday and Saturday nights.

I recently returned from New York City on business where I learned more about the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes. Wow, it promises to be an awesome show at the Resch Center on November 11 & 12. We recently changed venues moving it from the Brown County Arena to the Resch. The dates switched slightly too because group sales have been going very well. This show will pretty much be identical to the one shown at Radio City Music Hall in New York during the Christmas season, only perhaps even bigger! It will travel with 30 trucks and includes a live nativity scene. I'll chat more about this as it gets closer, but this will be the largest show ever to move into the Resch as far as number of semi trucks are concerned. Some Rockettes will be coming to Green Bay in September to kick off the public on-sale for tickets.

Live from Washington

This writing comes from our nation's heartbeat....Washington D.C. I and hundreds of other marketers from arenas around the country and Canada are getting updates from many of the shows that come to the Resch Center every year. We're talking with the Harlem Globetrotters, Sesame Street Live, Disney On Ice and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to name a few. They're letting us know about the upcoming year and what shows will be on the road, what will be different and so forth. WWE surprised everyone by bringing out wrestling legend Ric Flair who talked to us.

This is a chance for all of us in the industry to share our experiences during the past year and chat about how we can do better in the coming year. It doesn't matter if its Madison Square Garden in New York or the Staples Center in L.A., we all have things in common...it's just that those are major markets and Green Bay is a mid sized market. One thing is for sure, the upcoming year will again be entertaining with some cool new twists. We'll keep you up to date as they happen