Bride heartbroken after walking into practically empty wedding venue: ‘What did we do?’

Bride heartbroken after walking into practically empty wedding venue: ‘What did we do?’

Kalina Marie and her husband Shane were expecting a beautiful wedding, surrounded by friends and family cheering them on as they walked into their reception, but what they got instead was every newlywed’s nightmare. A heartbroken Marie took to TikTok to share the devastating reality of the doors opening to an almost empty venue. Walking hand-in-hand with … Read more

Tornado strikes Missouri event venue during wedding rehearsal

Tornado strikes Missouri event venue during wedding rehearsal

EUREKA, Mo. – A Missouri tornado almost delayed a couple’s wedding when the EF-1 twister ripped the roof off their event venue, but in less than 48 hours, the Brookdale Farms team scrambled to make it happen as planned. The tornado hit on Thursday evening while the rehearsal was ongoing, with about 20 people in … Read more

NY developer Ian Reisner to transform shuttered NYC Playboy Club venue into gay-friendly hotel

NY developer Ian Reisner to transform shuttered NYC Playboy Club venue into gay-friendly hotel

Real estate developer and hotelier Ian Reisner has signed a lease to take over the former Playboy Club space and the Cachet Boutique Hotel NYC on West 42nd Street — and the plan is to transform it into a gay-friendly hotel, restaurant and nightclub, Side Dish has learned.  The 105-room hotel, at 510 W. 42nd St. between 10th and 11th … Read more

New Belmont Park renderings show modernized venue

New Belmont Park renderings show modernized venue

It will be more than two years before racing fans hear a bugler play the “Call to the Post,” but the architectural layouts for the redesigned Belmont Park were made available on Monday. At first glance, it will be worth the wait. The New York Racing Association released artist’s renderings of how Belmont Park will … Read more

Angry coffee shop shares video of inconsiderate ‘pop-up wedding’ — and demands a venue fee

Angry coffee shop shares video of inconsiderate ‘pop-up wedding’ — and demands a venue fee

This a wedding that crashes you. Viral footage captured the wild moment that a bridal party allegedly threw a “pop-up wedding” at a coffee shop in Indianapolis, Indiana, preventing the caffeine purveyor from serving other patrons. “Our shock froze us in the moment,” wrote besieged bean monger Mansion Society in one of several viral posts … Read more

Farewell to hip hop’s wildest venue: Inside Jay Z’s 40/40 club’s 20 years of bling, booze and debauchery

Farewell to hip hop’s wildest venue: Inside Jay Z’s 40/40 club’s 20 years of bling, booze and debauchery

Jay-Z’s famously blingy, star-studded 40/40 Club, launched in 2003, named for the Major League Baseball feat of having hit 40 home runs and stolen 40 bases in a single season, has popped its last bottle and unleashed a final blast of beats.  The decadent sports-bar on steroids, complete with a blue-felt-topped pool table atop a … Read more

I couldn’t score Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ tickets, so I got a job at the venue

I couldn’t score Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ tickets, so I got a job at the venue

It was the gig of an era. Jordyn Burdette, 33, was convinced she wouldn’t be able to attend one of Taylor Swift’s mega-hit concerts after weeks of searching for affordable tickets. But when a friend texted her that the Eras Tour had volunteer usher positions available, Burdette realized that she had discovered a backdoor to … Read more

NYC’s hottest new concert venue is hiding inside a Times Square billboard

NYC’s hottest new concert venue is hiding inside a Times Square billboard

For once, it’s okay to look up. NYC’s hottest new performance venue is hiding in plain sight — atop an 18,000 square-foot billboard in Times Square. Rapper Post Malone christened the cutting edge concert space, hanging from the front of the new TSX Broadway building on the southeast corner of 7th Avenue and 47th Street. … Read more

Toby Keith’s shows at his Oklahoma music venue mark return to stage after revealing cancer diagnosis

Toby Keith’s shows at his Oklahoma music venue mark return to stage after revealing cancer diagnosis

NORMAN, Okla. — Country music star Toby Keith was back on stage over the Fourth of July weekend with his first shows since revealing last summer that he had been fighting stomach cancer. Hundreds attended the native Oklahoman’s pop-up concerts Friday and Saturday night in Norman, where he lives, The Oklahoman reports.  He performed at Hollywood … Read more

‘All my things were gone’: Oklahoma tornado wipes out bride’s venue days before wedding

‘All my things were gone’: Oklahoma tornado wipes out bride’s venue days before wedding

SHAWNEE, Okla. – Morgan Kendrick lost nearly everything for her upcoming weekend wedding when a tornado ripped through Shawnee, Oklahoma on Wednesday, destroying the venue housing her dress, decorations and other items for the event. Kendrick noted that she was safe at home when the tornado struck. But after the evening tornado passed, a contact at the wedding venue informed Kendrick … Read more

Wedding venue apologizes over painting of alleged ‘Aboriginal massacre’ after fierce backlash

Wedding venue apologizes over painting of alleged ‘Aboriginal massacre’ after fierce backlash

An Australian wedding venue that copped a furious backlash online over a painting hanging on its wall has taken down the artwork and apologized for any offense it caused. Redleaf Wollombi, located in New South Wales’ picturesque Hunter Valley, came under intense fire after a wedding party was pictured smiling in front of the painting … Read more

Polish venue cancels Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ shows after controversial Ukraine letter | CNN

Polish venue cancels Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ shows after controversial Ukraine letter | CNN

CNN  —  Brirtish rock legend and Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ planned concerts in Poland in April have been canceled amid a backlash to the musician’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Live Nation Poland, the concert’s promoter, confirmed the cancellation Saturday but did not specify a reason. The cancellation comes after Waters, 79, published … Read more