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Despite the changes, all venues will still meet the needs of the games and the post-games use.

As a driver, you want to race in great venues in front of big crowds. It brings dollars into the area.

This is a major move for both of us. We've been discussing ways Encore can give AMD a big edge in the tradeshow, conferencing, and meeting venues for about three months. We're excited to get the green light.

This is a fantastic show, and we are delighted that other venues across Oregon have invited us to bring it to their local audiences. We had such an overwhelming response from audiences in Salem, we just knew we had something special.

A lot of the focus, at even the venues that support underground music, seems to be less on live music groups and more on records by other, more well-known national acts.

They (Maryville High School) have playing and practice venues all across the city. For example, baseball will play at Maryville College soccer at John Sevier School, so we're really just all over. It becomes a real logistical nightmare for one person.

There's been a lot of development in the neighborhood, a lot of gentrification, a lot of artists have been forced out, a lot of venues have been closed down, and we really wanted to assert the fact that we're still here and there's still amazing stuff going on down here. The festival is simultaneously looking back at this great cultural legacy, but looking forward because we want to create opportunities for the next generation of visionaries to flourish right here.

There's an awful lot of hidden talent in the area. I've been here a number of years, and I've actually seen the number of venues diminish. We need more opportunities for jazz musicians.

It is state-level security. Their visit is basically to coordinate with our security officials. The venues are acceptable to them.

It's been a real collaborative effort. We're looking to see the finished venues in place by late April.

It's safe to say that the image of Atlanta does currently lag behind the reality of Atlanta. It has a terrific arts scene, great restaurants, great cultural venues and facilities. What they now need is a way to bring that reality out in the open in a simple and memorable way.

Its original intent has been turned on its head. The medals are best awarded at venues immediately after the event.

It's my first time here to see the equestrian venues for the 2008 Olympics. I'm very happy with what I saw. I think it's a good start.

Consumers are clearly making the most of all the choices they have to discover and purchase music, and physical product is still a very large part of the equation. For example, among teens, sales of CDs are up five percent in 2005, illustrating a halo effect from digital music, interaction with video games and other venues for new music discovery.

It's nice to come to venues where you have done well and I come here with a lot of confidence from those two weeks in America.

It's nice to play small venues and reconnect with audiences instead of always doing the big shows.

It's had a big impact on the economy, especially as conventions have had to relocate. But by the end of the year, I think we are going to see recovery workers leaving and more venues opening up. I don't think tourists are going to give up on the city for long.

It's difficult for an artist to make a living in Los Angeles, especially when most venues make you pay or sell tickets to secure your performance slot.

I've known him since he was 10 years old. Opponents change, venues change. He's got a little more facial hair than he did when he was 10 but you know what, I've seen it over and over again.

I've known him since he was 10 years old. Opponents changed, venues changed, he's got a little more facial hair now since then.

No, there is no concern from the I.O.C. side. Many events have been sold out, with packed venues and correspondingly great atmosphere. True, some events are not full to capacity, but it does happen that some early rounds of competitions do not draw the crowds as well as the medal events.

It's wonderful. I happen to have a band and there are not a lot of nice venues to entertain, so I'm for it. I look forward to it.

Things have changed a lot. The concert venues are always full, we have a lot of interviews to do, we travel, we have less time for ourselves. We are always working.

Small venues are critical in New York, ... If you want to be in the business, you also have to break acts.

I'm excited about the future of the Silver Crown Series. I think the new car design and the new venues they will be racing at will really spark a new found interest in the series. It's really an exciting time because I think they are on the verge of exploding in popularity and exposure and I'm just grateful to be a part of that.

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In Salt Lake City, we had a wonderful opportunity to participate on our home soil. We had a home crowd and a friendly environment. We were in the same time zone or similar time zone to where the athletes trained. You're eating home-cooked meals with friends and family. And I think familiarity with the venues helped as well.

In the Rhythm Kings I get to play smaller venues and to me that is the best part of it.

I personally never really play big venues (as a solo act). When you play big shows with bigger scenes, it's the same in the way that every stage is the same; it's like this sacred spot. But the bigger shows are a little more surreal. There's a rapport that the artist you're playing with has developed with the audience on a large level, in this case, Dave. Any song he's gonna play, they're gonna love it, because they know his shit.

He took him to some longer and increasingly challenging venues and worked on course management when you can't just overpower everything in sight. He hit more fairways and had to scramble less, although with his arsenal of shots he could still go to the magic hat when he needed.

He believes this requires a personal defense. We go out and make sure he has the proper venues to do that.

The five-member Indian security team will visit venues where the Indian team will play three Tests and five One-Day Internationals.

The ICC requires clean cricket venues free of advertising signage to protect the rights of our sponsors.

The great thing about the participants is that they had to genuinely qualify. We held two qualifying events at world class venues and company directors and senior corporate officers had to prove they had what it takes.

The generosity of these creative individuals to make this caliber of work available - work collected by or performed at some of the most important arts venues in the U.S. and abroad - is overwhelming.

The Merchant City has some great venues for comedy. We want to show a bit of everything that happens in Glasgow's comedy community.

The Legacy Run will stop along the way for venues arranged by Legion Posts or American Legion Riders chapters along the route.

I would show up at any venue that had an open mic.

My preference is 3,000, maybe 5,000-seat venues.

At the beginning of the tour, I arrange the live show exactly like the album, but of course from one audience to another, from one venue to another, it can become longer.