Sunday, August 5, 2012

The Work Before and Event

Hosting an event can be very tedious especially if you have celebrity artists or sports teams. Depending on where you live and where the event will be held makes a big difference in our successful your event will be. If your state, country or major city decided to host the Olympics for instance, there is a lot of preparation that needs to be done not only to the city but the entire state or country. Hosting an event of that magnitude requires the country, state and community’s cooperation and dedication. The revenue alone that will be received is massive because every business that will surround the Olympics will benefit financially. Think about it for a minute. Any eatery, hotel, mom and pop shop, gas station, clothing store, liquor store, etc. will be able to benefit financially when there will be millions of tourist from around the world that will be there.

In addition to the growth of business revenue, let’s take a moment to reflect on the expenses of hosting such a large event like the Olympics. Whenever the Olympics have been confirmed to take place in a particular area, there is a prepping process. You will see that the stadiums may be refurbished or even rebuilt depending on the condition of the original effaces. Also, you may notice a lot of construction going on that will improve the community and/or state. During the time of the Olympics, people have been known to rent out their properties to the tourists so they can receive extra income especially, if they live within close parameters of the events. 

Looking at events on a smaller scale, let’s think about events like concerts for major artists. When hosting an event for major artists such as Beyonce or Janet Jackson for instance, it is pretty much known that the event will be sold out. Knowing that, it is imperative to host the event in an area that is surrounded by hotels, eateries and shopping. Being an artist manager you want to make sure that the venue is conducive to the expectations and the size of the artist’s entourage. Beyonce and Janet Jackson are known for having a large team of people who travels with them. Both Beyonce and Janet have a large number of dancers, band members, stage crew, make up artists, wardrobe stylists, etc. With that being said, there is no way you would want to rent out a theatre type venue for either one of them. You would always want to look at an arena size venue that hosts a couple of thousand seats and a stage that is large enough to contain the whole team, because you know that every seat will be filled based on the reputation of the artist.

Outside of all the preparing for an event small or large, it is important to make sure that the guess and the performers are comfortable and everything that will be surrounding the event has been evaluated and convenient. Great preparation pretty much guarantees a successful and profitable event. 

www.helium.com/items/2131516-how-hosting-a-major-sports-event-affects-the-economy-of-the-host-country

http://musicians.about.com/od/musicindustrybasics/qt/choosevenue.htm