Saturday, January 27, 2007
Palladium opens with a 2-fer weekend
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A concert at the Palladium gets you your very own personalized wristband.
DALLAS — If you liked Gilley's, you'll LOVE the Palladium Ballroom. The "new" venue, which has basically cannibalized the Gilley's space, had its grand opening this weekend with back-to-back concerts starring Los Lonely Boys and Three Days Grace. (A soft opening took place last week with local band Black Tie Dynasty.)
Los Lonely Boys drew a crowd of nearly 1,500; Three Days Grace nearly hit the 2,800 capacity.
The new venue represents the magic that can happen when you take an established club and slap on a new name. A couple dozen flat-screen TVs served as the only indication that the ballroom had changed one iota from its previous incarnation as Gilley's, which has moved into an expanded space built off the Palladium complex.
What makes the Palladium significant is that the booking of acts will be handled by the promotion team from AEG Nokia, which includes veteran agent Danny Eaton. This sets the stage for a face-off between AEG (Nokia + Palladium) and HOB Entertainment (Smirnoff Music Centre + House of Blues at Victory Park, opening in March).
Aside from the flat-screen TVs, the Palladium boasted a new high-tech wristband procedure that scans your license and instantly prints out a personalized wristband, with the wearer's name as well as the date and time of issuance. The goal is to prevent under-age drinking, but it's weird to be wearing a paper wristband with your name on it.
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twisteddog Anonymous
Ooh, my own wristband. I'm so happy that I just want to kill myself.
2 years, 9 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Gary Cohen Verified
This whole thing has me confused. At the Robert Randolph show last Sunday, apparently I was standing in the space to be re-christened as the Palladium, even though it was still called Gilley's at the time and looked, as best as I could tell, pretty much the same.
So what is in the "new" Gilley's space off the side?
And when AEG battles HOB, does the customer win or lose?
2 years, 9 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Gary Cohen Verified
Here is more from Pollstar: http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews...
2 years, 9 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Sol Anonymous
Remember HOB was bought out by Live Nation. I dont believe its HOB entertainment anymore. I could be wrong though...
2 years, 9 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Mike Orren Staff
Both are correct. LiveNation bought HOB but is operating that division under the HOB name.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
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