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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Teasing out ticket sales numbers
The City Beat tried something unusual today to estimate how many tickets the Alerus Center might have sold over the weekend for the Britney Spears concert. I did this because not a lot of data is available at this point … Continue reading
Quickies: Kiss ain’t coming unless you vote
Back in April, the Alerus Center was telling everyone to demand Kiss come to town. How’s that going? Grand Forks is No. 93. Fargo’s higher up on the list at No. 57. And Winnipeg is No. 2. Interesting initiative in Oregon to … Continue reading
Tagged Alerus Center, frivolous links, Vietnam
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Risky fun
The City Beat went a-storm chasin’ the other day and had little luck seeing a tornado or even a blasted funnel cloud. I wasn’t the one driving, which was both a curse and a blessing; a curse because I couldn’t … Continue reading
Mars in North Dakota
The City Beat went on the science beat today with a trip to the Martian landscape of the Dahlen, N.D., area. Whoever planned the day had cleverly combined several activities together in neat media-friendly package, offering multiple angles. First, there’s … Continue reading
Tagged higher education, UND
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Alerus Center talks about less secrecy
The City Beat wants to give a shoutout to Alerus Center Commissioner Randy Newman, who argued this that maybe the events center should just release its December financial reports in January instead of trying to hide it until March. He … Continue reading
Eight concerts in 2010
Grand Forks’ Alerus Center got its 2010 operational budget approved this morning, which, unusually for me, didn’t get my blood going at all. Revenues are expected to total $4.6 million and expenses are expected to total $4.6 million: So it’s a … Continue reading
Britney by the numbers, Part 2
OK, here are the tables detailing my analysis of Britney Spears‘ Circus tour that I had to leave out of the last post. I did some additional analysis this morning while sitting through an Alerus Center commission meeting that got … Continue reading
Tagged Alerus Center, Britney Spears, budgets and taxes, concert fund, concert industry, economic development, GF and EGF
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Britney by the numbers
A few weeks ago when the big announcement about Britney Spears coming to Grand Forks hit the news, the City Beat‘s boss wanted a story about what the Alerus Center had to do to bring Britney here. In a way, I’m still … Continue reading
City Hall is not a bank, you hear?
Hell froze over last week at the Grand Forks City Council. Council member Terry Bjerke actually got his way and he didn’t even have to make a big speech. It was some discussion about the two cops that’ll be patrolling at … Continue reading
Quickies: REA’s No. 1 for tourists (or No. 2)
Ralph Engelstad Arena is North Dakota’s No. 1 tourist destination? Well, sort of. It’s still good publicity from a magazine with a lot of reach. (Sorry, the story’s not online.) Universities around the nation are cutting costs, like holding virtual swim … Continue reading
Tagged frivolous links, higher education, Ralph Engelstad Arena
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