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Five Flags Civic Center Advisory Commission Meeting
Monday July 25, 2016
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COMMISSIONERS McKenzie Hill, Rod Bakke, Bryce Parks, Tyler Daugherty
PRESENT:
COMMISSIONERS
ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT: HR Cook, Shaun Rice, Kelly Spreitzer
OTHERS PRESENT:
MINUTES Commissioner Bakke motioned and Commissioner Parks seconded to approve the
APPROVED; minutes of the June 13, 2016meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
VOTE:
NEW BUSINESS: Commissioner Hill administered Commissioner Bakke's Oath of Office.
Commissioner Bakke administered Commissioner Hill's Oath of office.
OLD BUSINESS: General Manager, HRCook stated that the City Ars Study was completed and net
much pertained to Five Flags other than the artwork kept In the building and that the
is the largest In the city for gatherings. Commissioner parks mentioned that
venue
are more valuable In Dubuque than anywhere else. Commissioner Hu
commented that Marie Ware would be given time to talk about the study when she
arrived for the meeting.
HR Cook stated that heand Marie Ware sell be exploring which company to
undertake the study and mentioned that they will look at many aspects of the venue
including architecture, marketing and clients.
MARKETING Marketing coordinator, Kelly Spreitzer, reported on past months marketing Initiatives
PROMTIONS & and highlight. Printed copies of the report were lndutletl In the commission packet
EVENTS REPORT: She also commented on booking initiatives which lndutletl the November Chase Rise
conceit and a sporting event which will be publicly announced In about Me weeks. It
noted that Rising Star theater company had their best allended show In
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partnerships to with a local beveage tli4nbuterasvvell ata new Five Flags Center
website and logo.
HR Cook explained that Saffire will be providing the website and Togo work. They are
an SMG preferred vendor Me has done much work In the evens industry and has
worked for other venues. He also mentioned that the Chase Rice concert is an effort
between three entities Mammoth Live, Live Nation, and Five Flags. Mammoth has
never been In the market though Live Nation had with Band Perry. The show Is
tracking to be near sell out has good potential to bring two more promotion
companies Into the market Five Flags Is planning some new digital marketing
initiatives to Increase at@ndance.
HR Cook discussed initiatives to get bank partnership which could include
concession discounts presale opportunities and signage In the building.
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OPERATIONS Director of Events and Operations, Shaun Rice, reported on operations activities for
REPORT: the past months in the areas of Safety Committee meetings; routine maintenance;
technical operations; and CIP activity. Printed copies were included with the
commission packet.
STAFF Staff updates and activity occurring during the past months and details were included
DEVELOPMENT in the commission packet.
REPORT:
FINANCIAL HR Cook informed the commission that the building had met the budget with a close
REPORT: margin. The financial packet was included in the commission packet. He commented
that the staff did a great job in his medical absence keeping costs down and finding
revenue.
OTHER BUSINESS: HR Cook commented that the building will be bringing back Dippin Dots and is now
providing Nathan's Hot Dogs instead of the previous version.
HR Cook explored the rise of E-Sports in the event venue industry. Five Flags has
had a local vendor tour the building to see what it would take for a boostable
bandwidth via fiber optic networks.
Commissioner Bakke asked about the progress on the feasibility study for the
building. Mr. Cook said that progress will start on it soon as the city had been waiting
for completion of the arts study as one may impact the other.
Shaun Rice recently attended the Tri-state Presenters Conference at University of
Dubuque in June. They are a talent buyer group of primarily educational facilities
which was able to preview available talent that will be in the area. Group members
partner to book multiple show dates thereby providing a lower individual show cost.
Five Flags plans to join Tri-State Presenters this year.
ADJURN; Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Bakke, seconded by Commissioner
VOTE: Parks. The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT MEETING: Next bi-monthly meeting held in the General Manager's Office on Monday September
26. 2016 at 3:30PM. Five Flags staff will place an email"Thursday before"to remind
commissioners of the meeting.
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