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The alliance, which represents 19 theaters ranging from tothe , says that 426,640o people attended at leastt one show this past season. Collectively, the alliancde theaters hosted 1,340 performances while employingf 1,214 people on a full- and part-time basis and were aided by an armyof 3,343 The complete alliance report will be released Monday afternoon at , where it will also be announcee that the donated $10,000 to the “We recognize the importance culturap activities have within the Western New York community and the role that TAB playds in promoting such activities,” said Larrh Quinn, Buffalo Sabres managing partnerf and minority owner.
Several of the theaters, especially the smallef venues, reported either record or stronger-than-anticipateed numbers. , for instance, shattered its own box office recordd when itpresented “Bada Bing ! Bada Boom!” this winter. Road Less Travelefd Productions reported a doublinf of itssubscription sales. Shea’s had 11,009 season-ticket a new mark for the downtownnBuffalo theater. Anthony Conte, Shea’s president and chief executiv officer, said he expects to top that figurwe inthe 2009-2010 season.
“The live theater industry in Buffalo shouldn’t be considerecd a stealth industry, but it is,” Conte “Nobody ever thinks of it from a business Contesaid Shea’s has an estimated economic impact of $80 million, the bulk of which is felt in downtown Buffalo throughj restaurant bookings and hotek reservations. That puts Shea’s just behind the Buffalo Sabresz in termsof entertainment-based downtown economidc impact. “That speaks volumes,” Conte said. “This is a segmentr of the economy that clearlyy carries itsown weight.
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