One Offs

The Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix is no more, reverting back to its previous name, Desert Sky Pavilion, as one sponsorship expires and operator Live Nation looks for a new one …

AEG Live has decided to forego Denver’s annual Mile High Music Festival because of financial reasons, although AEG’s Chuck Morris has not ruled out its return in 2012 …

One of the Internet’s biggest darlings du jour, Groupon, has locked in its first major sponsorship deal and it’s Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which will use Groupon for daily deals for its Washington Wizards, Capitals and Mystics and the Verizon Center …

Chris Hardwick may not have known who Rob Light was while hosting the Pollstar Awards Show, but he sure does now, having just signed exclusively with CAA …

The estate of Sky Saxon, songwriter for The Seeds, is suing GNP Crescendo and Neil Music for royalties because Saxon signed away the rights to royalties for $600 in 1973 and allegedly hasn’t seen a penny since.