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By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – A year after the City of Bloomington took over management of Grossinger Motors Arena, the city’s manager is on the lookout for an entertainment director.
Last year, the city and VenuWorks agreed to terminate their contract due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In return, the city took over the management with existing city staff.
“We are actually wrapping up the creation of the job description for an entertainment director that would oversee both the arena and the BCPA; we plan on posting that. And the entertainment portion is one that we will likely hire an outside source that does the booking; you know the different acts. We’ve got local interest, and in that local interest, we have local talent that could possibly do this.”
However, Manager Gleason said he’s encouraged about the arena despite the negative outlook from the community.
“I’m encouraged by the arena,” Gleason told WJBC’s, Scott Miller. “I know the community has a strong possibly negative opinion about it, and I understand that. But I’m going to say, ‘give me 6-12 months, and I think we are going to turn it around.'”
LISTEN: Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller.
According to City Manager Tim Gleason, the city explored various options, including looking at selling the arena.
Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].