JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: people went. 6-8000 people a year. however configure the stadium for a concert, you can get 30,000 in there. Plus Herco refused to work on ironclad contracts, with all kinds of vaguness and charges being added at the last minute. I attended the court hearing of the lawsuit the show promoter brought against Herco. It was eye opening what Herco could get away with legally, with the judge themselves even stating certain aspects were shady at best. notes are in the DCP archives And note to non-locals... Herco and parent companies don’t give a #### what the locals think. It may be the towns name but they’ll run us over in a minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said: Skins have a history of loose cannons as owners but didn’t know about this story, thanks. Skins were last team in the NFL to be integrated and owner was reason for holdout. Finally DC said you can’t keep this crap up and play in the cities stadium. Hershey hosts a lot of HS football playoff games. Think they are safe for same reason as band shows. Brrrrr... history: Skins tried to block the Dallas Cwboys from becoming an NFL franchise. original Cowboys owner Murchison bought the rights to the Redskins Fight Song and refused to let the Skins use it unless they approved Dallas. Why? At that time Washington was the furthest south NFL team, so their TV went everywhere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: hershey was set to bid for 2006 when everything went to hell. They obviously withdrew. Dan Acheson even testified by phone he'd be very leery of anyone trying to run a DCI event in Hershey again given their practices. Thanks I can remember the DCA/DCI combined show flyer in the mail but not if it was 2005 or 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, cybersnyder said: Just saying that it's a known risk. Can't be upset when it happens and if there is no alternative in the area, then it's not s good area to hold the event. Well it’s not being held and after the crap came out in the trial neither DCA or DCI will touch Hershey with a 40 foot flagpole. Forgot about DA testifying by phone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said: If you mean between Herco (stadium owner) and show sponsor, Herco does not do signed contracts be it Drum Corps show or Big33 football game. why would they when LiveNation has the booking rights for the venue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: Herco also lets the PIAA pay a lot of money to leave the stadium sit empty all day on some later fall Saturdays this is their best profit. they don't have to staff it, or electrify it, while money shows up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Just now, C.Holland said: why would they when LiveNation has the booking rights for the venue? That’s news to me, always thought the owner had the power over stadium use. And Herco giving up rights to anything just doesn’t jive. Belong to old car club that holds huge meet in October. All contracts and checks go to Herco as we use Herco land, stadium and hockey arena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersnyder Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said: Well it’s not being held and after the crap came out in the trial neither DCA or DCI will touch Hershey with a 40 foot flagpole. Forgot about DA testifying by phone... They're probably fine with that. At my local Merriweather Post Pavillion, a show with 6,000 attendance is considered a failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Holland Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said: That’s news to me, always thought the owner had the power over stadium use. And Herco giving up rights to anything just doesn’t jive. Belong to old car club that holds huge meet in October. All contracts and checks go to Herco as we use Herco land, stadium and hockey arena Booking rights means the operator (not the same as the owner) get first refusal on all dates. It means Herco doesnt have to find acts to fill it, or staff it unless LN doesn't need the date. It's LN's only stadium. But they do have exclusive booking rights on it. Once holds are released, Herco can then do what they want with those off-dates. Herco also doesn't staff their own park entertainment. That goes through RWS. better quality, less time needed of Herco to develop and create scrips/skits. Edited August 28, 2019 by C.Holland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, cybersnyder said: They're probably fine with that. At my local Merriweather Post Pavillion, a show with 6,000 attendance is considered a failure. Yep and after the dirt came out locally sure Herco doesn’t want anything to do with corps people. Herco and other Hershey companies (not sure how they all fit together) like to keep their squeaky clean family image. Not that it matters as locals know better anyway lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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