Last night, Asheville police made 13 arrests related to the Phish concert, all involving drug charges. A police spokesperson emphasized that the crowd of some 10,000 people “was mostly peaceful and caused no major problems for police,” and City Council member Carl Mumpower also sent out a missive praising the event as “fun, safe and managed.”
Most of the 180 or so fans gathered outside the Asheville Civic Center waiting for Phish tickets were mightily disappointed the morning of Friday, Jan. 30. Tickets for the band’s June 9 concert sold out in virtually in seconds, with an error in the Ticketmaster computer system apparently releasing the 400 tickets that were supposed […]
Demand had never been so high for an Asheville Civic Center show, said Sherman Bass, the venue’s executive director. Staff had put a hold on tickets through the computer system, live operator phone system and through sales at Ticketmaster outlets (such as record stores). But because they didn’t also restrict sales through Ticketmaster’s automated system, the tickets still sold out.
Tickets for Phish’s June 9 show sold out in what seemed like seconds; despite the Civic Center’s 400-seat allotment. An error in the system released the tickets before Asheville fans could buy them, said the Civic Center’s executive director.
Undaunted by wind and cold, a small crowd of Phish faithful camped outside the Asheville Civic Center Wednesday, waiting for tickets to go on sale Friday morning.
An upbeat Asheville Civic Center Commission received several pieces of welcome news at their Dec. 2 meeting, including a green light for work to finally begin on replacing the roof of the arena and concourse. “The city and [architect John] Cort have come to an agreement, and he is beginning work,” Civic Center Director Sherman […]
While the dream of a new performing-arts center in Asheville remains illusive, Durham just lit the spotlights with a 2,800-seat facility.
Panic plays two post-Thanksgiving dates at the Civic Center. Advance tickets are available online this Wednesday, Oct. 29.
The city of Asheville is warning drivers away from downtown on Tuesday, Sept. 9, when the nationally famous Get Motivated seminar drops in at the Civic Center.
Coverage of the July 22 Asheville City Council meeting
UDO corrections, the Civic Center roof, gated communities and more on Council’s agenda
All of a sudden it seems to some, if not to those of us who are older, that we have an “energy crisis.” We’ve been living on the edge for years, driving larger and larger cars, building larger and larger homes, and pretending the supply of oil and especially gasoline was unlimited. Oops: Now the […]
Bring two cans of nonperishable food items to the Asheville Civic Center Friday or Saturday and you could win one of two acoustic guitars signed by local musicians.
Nearly 48 hours after Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and T Bone Burnett took the stage at the Asheville Civic Center, I’m still trying to decide exactly what I thought of the show.
A draft vision and goals for the Asheville Downtown Master Plan is complete, and those behind the effort want your feedback
An expert is a person from more than 50 miles away with a briefcase. Recently the city of Asheville hired a group of experts called Goody Clancy all the way from Boston, Mass., to tell us what we should do with our downtown in order to appease our no-growth activists. It seems like we go […]
In several public hearings, incorporation supporters have said they want local control over funding and services; opponents have said they live in the area specifically to avoid city taxes and more extensive governmental regulation.
Welcome to the Asheville of the early ‘80s—a period when restaurant development would play an important role in bolstering the emergence of downtown as a recreational and entertainment destination. Two key events in 1979 undoubtedly fueled the incipient stirrings of social activity in downtown Asheville: the launch of the Bele Chere festival, now a downtown […]
Asheville’s city-hosted Downtown Master Plan series begins Thursday at 6 p.m., but activists are planning to precede its kick-off with a rally protesting a possible hotel across the street.
A small gathering to commemorate May Day that began at Pack Square around 1:15 this afternoon erupted into a chaotic parade that wound through downtown Asheville.
An up-close view of the presidential hopeful’s Asheville appearance
