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Voices in Protest of Kennedy Center Leadership are more Resonant than Boycotts
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Category: Finances
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It appears our, Washington Post’s, CNN, and New York Times’ reporting on plummeting ticket sales at the Kennedy Center is starting to get under the skin of Ric Grenell and KC leadership. We used to be able to look at the ticket booking portal on the Kennedy Center website and assess how many unsold tickets…
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Demystifying the finances of the Kennedy Center is a vast endeavor, namely because most of the Center’s finances and governance are shrouded in secrecy behind a big red velvet curtain. It doesn’t help matters that we are consistently being fed propaganda by Grenell and the Kennedy Center spokespeople. From them, we hear they are saving…
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It took Rick Grinnell and the Trump-appointed board of directors at the Kennedy Center all of nine months to cause plummeting ticket sales and revenue to fall off a cliff. Additionally, Grenell, under the Board’s negligent watch, has engaged in self-dealing, corruption, and fiscal malfeasance. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse produced the receipts. Ric, now it’s your…
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At a time when the Kennedy Center is reeling from cratering financial losses due to Ric Grenell and the Board’s fiscal malpractice, they have added one more misstep to their mismanagement. The Washington Post just reported that the Center will bump two National Symphony Orchestra concerts in favor of the FIFA draw in early December. …
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I’ve got a provocative suggestion. Perhaps, we can flip the score on this whole ticket sales revenue debacle at the Kennedy Center. Here in the US, we have always assumed that performing arts have to be somewhat self-sustaining. The two primary ways organizations achieve financial sustainability are through ticket revenue and donations. It’s a…
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Based on our scrappy, yet unscientific math and sampling skills, we estimated Kennedy Center ticket revenue losses based on available seats data on the Kennedy Center booking website. We compiled this data BEFORE the excellent reporting by the Washington Post, which used more scientific methods but came to the substantially same conclusion: Ric Grenell and…