Logjam Presents kinds a brand new multi-year partnership with Stay Nation, bringing the worldwide promoter’s assets to the Montana-based Logjam whereas retaining its native possession and workers.
Montana-based Logjam Presents has introduced a brand new multi-year take care of Stay Nation Leisure, pairing the worldwide promoter’s leisure assets with Logjam’s native experience and imaginative and prescient for the music scene in Montana. Stay Nation will put money into Logjam below the partnership, whereas the Checota household will stay house owners and proceed managing the corporate’s day-to-day operations.
“Out-of-state nationwide and regional promoters are already actively selling in venues across the state. This new partnership will enable Logjam to stay aggressive as a Montana-based promoter and can retain our occasion reserving, advertising, administration, and, most significantly, one hundred pc of our workers regionally,” says Nick Checota, President of Logjam.
“Our new partnership may also present Logjam entry to an unimaginable artist community and can present extra capital to enhance current venues and discover alternatives in different Montana areas. Logjam beneficial properties the experience and assets of a world promoter, whereas day-to-day decision-making will stay unchanged. The present Logjam crew will proceed to handle all main working choices akin to leisure shopping for, staffing, workers wages, ticket pricing, and concession pricing.”
The Stay Nation partnership facilities on the corporate’s leisure operations and promoter actions, whereas native Montana brick-and-mortar venues, together with the Wilma Theater and the High Hat, stay completely owned by the Checota household. Moreover, the KettleHouse Amphitheater and ELM — designed, developed, and constructed by the Checotas — will stay below long-term leases with their respective native landowners.
“We now have entry to world-renowned leisure assets whereas sustaining our present administration crew and all of our greater than 300 native workers. The construction of this partnership permits Logjam to retain its tradition and proceed to function with the identical ethos and spirit that we at all times have,” provides Ryan Torres, vp of promoting for Logjam.
Logjam’s leisure purchaser, Alanya Wissink, concluded: “Because the Montana leisure trade turns into more and more aggressive with nationwide firms coming into the market, this partnership permits us to stay Logjam whereas having the help and assets of a world promoter. Working with our new companions, we will entice extra leisure to Montana, significantly in genres we’re desirous to broaden, akin to nation, rock, and comedy.”
Ten years in the past, Nick and Robin Checota fashioned Logjam Presents. Robin, a fourth-generation Nice Falls native, and Nick, who grew up in Wisconsin, stay in Montana with their three youngsters. Robust supporters of the humanities, the Checotas are excited in regards to the new partnership and the alternatives it creates for the Montana arts group.