I’m tough, but I’m fair!!! Last year the first of several blogs that I posted, which were critical of AEG LA Live, dealt with AEG LA Live’s not doing anything for Saint Patrick’s Day—meaning they should have done a free event for the community to partake in. This year, AEG LA Live did do an event for the community to enjoy. And while downtownster will call out bad corporate citizens when necessary, no matter how rich and powerful they may be, downtownster / Stan Lerner is much happier giving props to companies and the people that run them when they do the right thing. AEG LA Live did the right thing this year by hosting an event for the community in their plaza.
For the sake of a little journalism, and I’m no journalist, let me tell you a little about the event. This is necessary because the chances are, like most of downtown, you weren’t there. Which is a clever way of saying that the event was not particularly well attended. In fact, I would venture to say that there were more real journalists and news crews at this event than attendees. Neither the community, which didn’t turn out, or AEG LA LIVE should be ashamed of this—it was the first year and its going to take some doing to get things right between the community and AEG, I strongly encourage both to make the effort.
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Because I am an activist on behalf of the community I will begin by putting the onus on AEG LA Live—do more events for the community and do them better. The 2010 Saint Patrick’s Day event had some of the essentials.
Two city council members—Jan Perry was there of course, it’s her district and she’s always there for the community. Tim Leiweke, the President and CEO of AEG was there, and good for Tim. I’ve not spared Tim criticism in the past, he’s the boss the buck stops with him, but he did the right thing by being on hand. The Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Bagpipe Band, marched in, kilts and all—they’re really good, thoroughly enjoyable for this event. Ken O’Malley & The Twilight Lords played as well—also good. Throw in some classic police cars and Fire Trucks and all in all an event—and a good step in the right direction.
But given that AEG LA Live is located in the entertainment capital of the world and is desirous of iconic status they must raise the bar on themselves. Tim needs to tell the troops to put on a show. That means bringing in a serious producer and a serious promoter. Back in the day, when the Rio Hotel and Casino wanted the number one nightlife ranking they asked me to do a show…I said yes…And when they asked me what I had in mind, I said, “Something bigger and better than anyone has ever seen before.” My show “Night Tribe” set a new standard, which to this day has not been equaled. Why? Because rather than produce a show, I produced a spectacle and I promoted the hell out of it—that’s how public events need to be approached at LA Live.
Community, if AEG LA Live is going to step up and try to do events for us, we need to make an effort to participate. And if the events aren’t as well produced as they could be—give constructive criticism. Hopefully Tim Leiweke and company are ready to do this right—and if they are, some really great things can happen in that plaza of theirs.
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Stan Lerner is an award winning-author whose diverse credits include the novels “Stan Lerner’s Criminal”, “Blast”, “In Development,” and the children’s book “Stanley The Elephant.” Stan Lerner is also the creator of the Las Vegas music spectacle “Night Tribe” and the writer, director, producer of the hit motion picture “Meet The Family.” Mr. Lerner was born in Montebello CA and has lived in downtown Los Angeles for the last fifteen years.
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