Aug 29 2009
Musical Gambles
I scan the local papers frequently to see what musical acts will be appearing here in the near future. Ever since we got a casino on both sides of the border here, it seems like a lot more acts perform at one or both places than ever before. Major plus for this area in that many acts that may never come here now have a showing. The downside to me is that it creates somewhat of a monopoly on local events. It would be nice if more of these acts would spread around to more venues in this area. Either we don’t have enough quality venues available or there aren’t any promoters who can should the risk anymore. The economic downturn doesn’t help matters any, but even the casinos pull in good money no matter what state the economy is in.