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KEMBA Live! (originally the PromoWest Pavilion) is a multi-purpose concert venue located in the Arena District of Columbus, Ohio. Opening in 2001, the venues operates year-round with indoor and outdoor facilities: the Indoor Music Hall and Outdoor Amphitheater. The venue was modeled after the House of Blues and described as the "Newport Music Hall on steroids". It features state-of-the-art lighting, acoustical systems and a reversible stage. In 2001, the venue was nominated for a Pollstar Awards for "Best New Major Concert Venue".[1]

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Indoor Music Hall

A sister venue, Stage AE is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and opened in December 2010. In 2018, Promowest Productions and its venues were acquired by American entertainment presenter AEG.[2] In August 2021, PromoWest Productions and AEG opened another sister venue, MegaCorp Pavilion, in Newport, Kentucky (near Cincinnati, Ohio).[3]

Names

  • PromoWest Pavilion (October 2, 2001—September 30, 2005)
  • Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (October 1, 2005—December 31, 2015)[4]
  • Express Live! (January 27, 2016—December 31, 2021)[5]
  • KEMBA Live! (January 1, 2022—Present)[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pollstar Awards Archive 2001". Pollstar. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "AEG Presents Acquires PromoWest Productions, Largest Independent Promoter in the Midwest | AEG Worldwide". www.aegworldwide.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  3. [3]
    Varias, Chris (30 August 2021). "Review: Ovation is a great place to see a concert, especially this one". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    Kemper, Kevin (December 26, 2005). "LC Pavilion owner plans to open more concert venues across the country". Columbus Business First. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  5. [5]
    Joy, Kevin (January 26, 2016). "Express expected to buy naming rights to Lifestyle Communities Pavilion". The Columbus Dispatch. GateHouse Media. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  6. [6]
    10TV Web Staff (16 November 2021). "Name change for popular Columbus concert venue". 10 WBNS. Retrieved 16 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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