Hockey time already!

I know there wasn't much of a summer and fall has bitten us hard already, but I still can't believe it's already Gamblers week! The home opener is set for this Saturday. That means the hallway of the Gamblers locker room will soon smell like hockey season. That means that same hallway will be lined with the players' shoes, because the locker room is their "home" for the season and you don't wear shoes inside. It will again be interesting to learn about and get to know many of these new, young men. Nine players are returning from last season. Fourteen are new. This is a big jump for them. All of the new players were very good at their last level, but this league is definitely a big step up in talent. How will they mesh? How good will be they be? That's the beauty of sports and how a bunch young guys become a team. They have big shoes to fill.....last year's team won the Anderson Cup championship. Some of those questions will begin to be answered at 7:05pm Saturday at the Resch. See you in the stands!

The Club passes the test

There have been a few concerts at The Club at Tom, Dick & Harry's, but Wednesday's trio of Silversun Pickups, Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra was the first real test as a sold out, packed house. Everything went off without a hitch and I'll bet I heard it a dozen times...."this place is so cool, we finally have a club type place for concerts." The sound seemed pretty good (that's with earplugs in). We turned away many people for this concert that was pretty much sold out by the end of day Tuesday. The moral of the story folks is when we announce a concert you're interested in at The Club, get your tickets. Don't waste time like 3 guys from the U.P. did. They showed up Wednesday afternoon thinking they could walk up and buy tickets. They drove 3 hours and saw the sold out sign. Yeah, they should have called. But you know what? The story has a happy ending. While doing a radio interview with 106.7 The Zone, Cage the Elephant heard about their plight and added them to their still under capacity guest list. To top it off, I hear the 3 guys also got to meet Silversun backstage!

This weekend, country upstart Justin Moore is at The Club. That's Saturday at 8pm and tickets are only 8 bucks. Not sure what will be a bigger thrill...performing at The Club or singing the national anthem at the Packers game the next day. Moore tells Kendra Meinert of the PG that this will be his first time ever singing the anthem...especially in front of 70,000+!

Official intro of The Club

Green Bay's newest entertainment venue will officially be introduced Thursday night. The Club at Tom, Dick & Harry's will play host to national country recording artists The Lost Trailers during the business' grand opening celebration. Other acts include Hindsight on Friday night, Big Mouth on Saturday and then Grand Union on Sunday. Obviously anytime you open a new venue you are curious about how things will sound. I'm sure there will be tweaking over the next several months as more acts are booked. Silversun Pickups is selling especially well - that's scheduled for September 16.

I'll be with the horses on Thursday morning. I have TV live shots set up for the Lipizzaner Stallions. I know Angela Kelly from FOX 11 is wanting to get up on one of the horses during one of her segments. That will take place from a stable in the rural De Pere area. The horses are performing at the Resch on Thursday and Friday nights this week.