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DiCesare Engler Productions was a Pittsburgh-based concert promotion firm. [1] [2] [3] [4]The company was formed in late 1973 when Pat DiCesare, who was the dominant concert promoter in the region, [5] chose Pittsburgh native Rich Engler to form a new partnership. [6]
In late 1973, DiCesare partnered with Rich Engler. Engler was a drummer in the band "Grains of Sand" and promoted shows in small towns in Western Pennsylvania. They called the new company "DiCesare-Engler Productions", and it became one of the top-grossing businesses amongst concert promoters in the nation. Engler focused on booking the acts.
His friend and college roommate Pat DiCesare (future president of DiCesare Engler Productions) [5] had made a name for himself by promoting major concert events in Western Pennsylvania. [6] Vaccaro wanted to do a basketball tournament in the Pittsburgh area, and asked DiCesare if he had interest in promoting the event.
Bob Marley's final show, at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, felt different and more emotional, concert promoter Rich Engler recalls. Bob Marley film resonates for Pittsburgh men who were part ...
In 1976, the Stanley was purchased and renovated by the Cinemette Corporation to be operated as a movie theater. In 1977, DiCesare Engler Productions bought the theater. September 23, 1978, Frank Zappa played two sets at the Stanley Theatre. Live rock and roll concerts presented through 1984.
On May 25, 2009, Brian Drusky, a former DiCesare-Engler employee who was laid off by Live Nation in 2005, promoted the first concert at the new amphitheatre. [12] The new venue seated up to 6,000 and was renamed to "The Amphitheatre at Station Square". A year later, the venue was known as the "Trib Total Media Amphitheatre". [13]
Pat DiCesare (1938-), concert promoter and founder of DiCesare Engler Productions; Dante DiCicco (1988–), executive and head of international expansion for Snapchat; Jack Dorsey (1976-), co-founder of Twitter, Inc. and Block, Inc. Philip Falcone (1962–), founder of Harbinger Capital and LightSquared
The Civic Arena during a Penguins game in 2008. The $22 million ($227 million in 2023 dollars [3]) arena was completed for the CLO in 1961. [11] Mayor David L. Lawrence had publicly announced plans for a "civic theater" as early as February 8, 1953 [12] after years of public pressure had built after CLO president, civic leader and owner of Kaufmann's department store Edgar J. Kaufmann ...