Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2016 23:43:27 GMT -6
Looks like Miss America is here to stay.
In a meeting Tuesday, the state Casino Reinvestment Development Authority gave the green light for $11.25 million in subsidies to go to the Miss America pageant as part of a three-year deal, The Press of Atlantic City reports.
The deal marks an increase in state financial support of Miss America. A previous agreement, which expired after the 2016 pageant in September, brought Miss America back to Atlantic City from Las Vegas in 2013 with a total of $7.3 million in subsidies over three years to underwrite the cost of producing the show.
One stipulation of the new deal is that Dick Clark Productions, which oversaw marketing of the 2016 pageant last September, will have to promote Atlantic City during its other productions — the Billboard Music Awards and New Year's Rockin' Eve, the report says, adding that not everyone on the CRDA board was in favor of the deal. Those voting against the contract included Mark Giannantonio, CEO of Resort Casino Hotel and Howard Kyle, Atlantic County chief of staff.
Read more: www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/02/miss_america_pageant_will_get_11_million_from_stat.html
In a meeting Tuesday, the state Casino Reinvestment Development Authority gave the green light for $11.25 million in subsidies to go to the Miss America pageant as part of a three-year deal, The Press of Atlantic City reports.
The deal marks an increase in state financial support of Miss America. A previous agreement, which expired after the 2016 pageant in September, brought Miss America back to Atlantic City from Las Vegas in 2013 with a total of $7.3 million in subsidies over three years to underwrite the cost of producing the show.
One stipulation of the new deal is that Dick Clark Productions, which oversaw marketing of the 2016 pageant last September, will have to promote Atlantic City during its other productions — the Billboard Music Awards and New Year's Rockin' Eve, the report says, adding that not everyone on the CRDA board was in favor of the deal. Those voting against the contract included Mark Giannantonio, CEO of Resort Casino Hotel and Howard Kyle, Atlantic County chief of staff.
Read more: www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/02/miss_america_pageant_will_get_11_million_from_stat.html