So you know the updating has virtually stopped around the site for a good four months now... The deal is, Its just been difficult to do myself. Previously I had photography assistance, as well as event assistance. I would really like to bring this site back to life because I think it has some real potential! Phil Kidd: interested in some kind of joint effort? I can still do some of the...

From the Business Journal

By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The broad recognition that Ticketmaster enjoys in the ticketing industry is just one of the assets that the company will bring when it takes over ticket sales for the Chevrolet Centre next month, city officials say.

The Youngstown Board of Control Friday approved awarding a contract to Ticketmaster, based in West Hollywood, Calif., contingent on approval by the city Law Department. Approval of a formal contract is expected to take place at next week’s meeting of the Board of Control.

Seven companies expressed interest in handling ticketing for the city-owned arena, including Gettix, which currently handles the service. Gettix is affiliated with Global Entertainment Corp., the company that managed the Chevrolet Centre until city officials severed the relationship last fall.

From the Business Journal

By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – City officials moved ahead Friday on a revised version of a West Federal Street project that in its original form drew heavy fire from downtown activists last summer.

The Board of Control awarded a contract worth $474,683.55 to Parella-Pannunzio Inc., Austintown, for the project, to reconstruct West Federal from Fifth Avenue east to Phelps Street. The contract is contingent on review by the city law department. Parella-Pannunzio was the lowest of five bidders. Design engineers projected the work should cost no more than $695,000.

The project was the topic of a heated public hearing last August that caught city officials off guard. As first proposed, it would have involved eliminating a tree-lined median in West Federal.

From the Business Journal

By Dan O’Brien
YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio -- Two companies vying for a contract to manage the Chevrolet Centre say they’re prepared to make some type of investment in the operation to help the arena become profitable.

City officials Thursday heard proposals from The Cavaliers Operating Co., its partner, International Facilities Group of Chicago, and SMG of Philadelphia during separate -- and seemingly marathon -- public meetings.

Global Spectrum of Philadelphia, the third company competing for the contract, presented its credentials Tuesday.