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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2018
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Jacksonville Sports and Entertainment head Dave Herrell resigns

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A shakeup in the office of Mayor Lenny Curry ends a particularly eventful week in Jacksonville politics. Sports and Entertainment head Dave Herrell resigned, capping an almost four-year run after being appointed in 2014 by former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown. The role, per Brown, was “a key position to build Jacksonville’s momentum as a premier destination for major […]
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A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2016
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Jacksonville City Council prepares to increase ticket surcharges

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Sports and entertainment legislation took center stage Monday morning in a Jacksonville City Council committee, with three significant bills considered. The first was the biggest talker. A bill increasing city-imposed ticket surcharges for the Veterans Memorial Arena, the Baseball Grounds of Jax, and the Times Union Center for the Performing Arts, while adding surcharges for events […]
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A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016
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Stadium, other venue budgets get once over from Jax mayor’s office

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Friday morning saw Jacksonville’s Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, and CFO Mike Weinstein review the budgets for venues. Some highlights from the review of SMG budgets: The baseball stadium saw contractual services revenues down $319,000. Estimates were inflated, given revenue from the Armada underperformed projections at the time of budget submission last summer. Despite discussions of a new […]
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A.G. GancarskiJune 21, 2016
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Jax mayor’s office reviews sports and entertainment budget

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On Tuesday, the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry reviewed the budget of Sports and Entertainment and the Office of Economic Development, ahead of formal submission of the budget to City Council in July. Facilitating the review: Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa. The highlights from Sports and Entertainment: Active discussion of the Florida/Georgia Hall of Fame […]
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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2016
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Jacksonville Jazz Festival unveils 2016 lineup

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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is more identified with his love of commercial rap than jazz, so one might have wondered what his first jazz festival would have held. The Jacksonville Jazz Festival, held on an annual basis since 1981, has featured a wide range of artists, ranging from Dizzy Gillespie in its first year, to a […]
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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 9, 2016
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Lenny Curry will have to learn rules of Curling soon

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Jacksonville hosts the National Curling Championships starting Feb. 6. These will be an educational opportunity for locals, many of whom contend that Curling implies the fine art of home perms. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is expected to be involved. “We would like for Mayor Curry, per the request of the National Curling Association, to do what’s […]
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