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City of Boston Entertainment Board - Application Hearing - 5/19/22
A
A
D
A
Good
morning,
this
is
an
administrative
hearing
before
the
mayor's
office
of
consumer
affairs
and
licensing
today
is
thursday
may
19
2022.
This
hearing
is
being
conducted
pursuant
to
certain
temporary
amendments
to
the
open
meeting
law.
That
is
what
allows
us
to
meet.
Virtually
this
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
will
be
posted
to
the
city
of
boston's
website.
A
We
are
joined
today
by
the
executive
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
consumer
affairs
and
licensing
kathleen
joyce
and
director
of
operations
rebecca
fu.
I
will
read
this
morning's
agenda
item
into
the
record.
I
will
then
ask
who
is
present
on
behalf
of
the
applicant.
Then
you'll
make
a
brief
presentation
regarding
your
proposal,
followed
by
questions
by
the
division
and
testimony
beginning
with
elected
officials
or
their
representatives.
A
Please
limit
your
testimony
to
two
minutes
and
please
state
your
name
address
and
affiliation.
If
any.
The
one
item
on
this
morning's
agenda
is
the
bowery
presents
josh
boddy,
located
at
525
r,
william
f
mcclellan
highway
in
east
boston,
known
as
the
soundtrack
at
suffolk
downs.
The
application
is
to
maintain
and
operate
the
live.
Entertainment
categories
consisting
of
instrumental
and
vocal
music
floor
show
disc
jockey
dance
performers
dancing
by
patrons
audio
devices,
projectors
and
stage
plays
for
various
dates
between
september
2022
through
october
2023,
who
is
present
on
behalf
of
the
applicant.
E
Good
morning,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
kristen
scanlon,
representing
the
applicant
signed
on
with
us
this
morning,
josh
boddy
who's,
the
vice
president,
head
of
boston
office
for
the
bowery,
presents
andrew
townsend,
who
is
the
asset
manager
for
hym
investment
group
as
well
as
jessica
ferrolli
from
the
hym
team.
She
is
a
site
activation
manager.
E
The
application
before
used
for
a
series
of
entertainment
licenses
between
the
dates
of
september
2022
through
october
2023,
which
will
also
have
coordinating
one-day
beer
and
wine
licenses
as
well.
Within
the
infield
of
the
premises
known
as
suffolk,
known
as
suffolk
downs
on
both
licensing
fronts.
E
What
has
historically
and
periodically
been
used
as
an
outdoor
live
music
venue.
Throughout
this
process,
we
have
had
several
preliminary
and
ongoing
conversations
with
various
city
departments
and
agencies,
elected
officials
and
neighborhood
organizations,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
orient
heights
neighborhood
council
representative,
adrian
mataro
and
former
city
councilor
lydia
edwards,
along
with
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services
as
well.
I
know
you've
heard
from
some
of
those
folks
prior
to
this
morning's
hearing
as
well.
E
E
These
will
be
ticketed
events
for
up
to
8,
500
attendees
for
approximately
a
dozen
or
so
shows
dozen
or
so
shows
to
start.
Excuse
me
as
far
as
categories
of
entertainment
are
concerned,
obviously,
because
the
nature
of
concerts
and
the
venue
we
most
often
utilize,
of
course,
instrumentalists
and
vocalists,
and
the
other
categories
that
are
requested
are
certainly
complementary
to
the
planned
musical
acts
at
this
site,
such
as
audio
devices,
projectors
a
stage
dj
dancing
by
performers
and
patrons
and
a
floor
show
an
impressive
amount
of
impressive
amount
of
work
detail.
E
D
D
Alrighty
so
the
as
kristen
mentioned
the
suffolk
down's,
been
home
to
entertainment
for
a
number
of
years,
is
a
picture
of
the
beatles
performing
there
in
1960.
So
we
see
this
venue
is
kind
of
reclaiming
that
entertainment
venue
for
the
site,
so
we're
certainly
excited
to
to
get
it
off
the
ground
and
up
and
operational
so
just
kind
of
venue
details
as
kristen
mentioned,
the
location
is
going
to
be
the
infield
of
the
old
horse
racing
track.
D
The
capacity
is
going
to
be
about
8
500
attendees,
mainly
general
admission
with
a
vip
area.
The
venue
season
will
be
typically
june
through
october
this
year.
We're
obviously
not
going
to
be
having
shows
in
june
so
planning
to
start
in
september
and
then
obviously
the
applications
through
october
of
2023.
F
Thanks
andrew
so
josh
boddy
from
the
bowery
presents
in
addition
to
the
venues
in
boston
and
the
boston
region
that
we
operate,
including
road
runner,
which
was
recently
opened,
as
well
as
the
sinclair
and
harvard
square
and
presenting
concerts
at
other
venues
in
town,
including
the
td
garden
box,
center
organics
arena
and
others.
We
also
have
experience
operating
outdoor
venues
in
other
markets.
Other
cities
portland
maine
picture.
There
is
from
thompson's
point
of
venue
that
we
operate
up
there
with
the
capacity
up
to
7
000.
F
We
also
operate
forest
hills,
tennis
stadium
in
queens
new
york
that
holds
up
to
10
000,
as
well
as
venues
in
richmond
and
and
throughout
the
country
with
our
partners
at
aeg
presents.
So
this
is
very
much
in
line
with
you
know
what
we
do
on
a
day-to-day
basis
and
have
been
speaking
with
hym
the
team
at
suffolk
downs
for
a
number
of
years,
and
it
feels
like
a
great
location.
You
know,
as
andrew
highlighted
the
history
of
concerts
there
from
the
beatles
to
radiohead
to
bjork.
F
F
D
D
That's
a
general
overview
of
the
the
venue
and
then
the
last
slide
is
just
transportation
and
sound
mitigation.
So,
as
mentioned,
we
do
have
on-site
parking,
so
we
plan
to
have
1000
plus
parking
spaces
in
the
existing
parking
lots.
Mbta
blue
line
will
bring
patrons
as
well
to
just
off
the
site.
The
nb
mbt,
mbta
does
operate
a
few
buses
in
the
neighborhood
which
people
can
use
to
get
to
the
site,
and
then
we
also
anticipate
rideshare
to
be
a
another
another
method.
D
D
We
obviously
are
close
to
the
orient
heights
neighborhood
in
boston,
as
well
as
the
beechmont
neighborhood
in
revere,
but
to
mitigate
the
sound
we've
strategically
angled.
The
stage
away
from
the
neighborhoods
concerts
will
end
by
11
pm
and
then,
after
you
know,
security
will
be
will
be
present
throughout
the
site
before
and
after
to.
You
know
for
crowd,
disbursement
and
crowd
crowd
management
as
well.
So
those
are
the
items
that
we
want
to
touch
upon
happy
to
answer
any
questions
or
whatnot
from
the
group,
but
appreciate
everyone's
time.
This
morning,.
A
C
F
It's
you
know,
broadly
speaking,
you
know
a
general
day,
the
load-in
for
the
artists.
You
know
the
idea
would
be
would
have
a
stage
out
there
for
the
for
the
season
and
then
the
artists
would
be
bringing
in
their
backline
gear
if
they
have
their
own
lighting.
That
would
begin
in
the
morning
sound
checks
happening
mid-afternoon.
F
I
would
be
yes,
we
would
have
a
you
know,
sound
monitor
at
the
at
the
front
of
house
area.
So
so
you
know
about
100
feet
from
the
stage
edge.
Where
would
be
monitoring
sound
levels?
You
know
as
well
as
watching
them
around
the
property
line,
especially
in
the
kind
of
early
days.
You
know
we
worked
with
a
consultant
who's
done
some
work
both
with
venues
and
to
me
in
in
the
suffolk
downs
project,
to
get
some
baseline
readings
and
work
with
us
on.
F
You
know
the
various
you
know
as
andrew
mentioned,
how
to
orient
the
stage.
How
to
you
know
which
frequencies
are
usually
the
most
troublesome
frequencies
to
limit,
and
so
would
be,
would
be
putting
those
those
into
place
and
would
be
responsible
for
monitoring
the
the
sound
levels,
not
the
artist.
Okay,.
C
F
So
so,
in
real
time
we
always
dedicate
you
know
one
person
on
our
staff
that
will
have
a
dedicated
phone
line
that
we
would
get
out
to
the
orient
heights
neighborhood.
Should
there
be
an
issue
you
know
having
that
person
to
reach
out
to,
and
and
you
know
let
us
know
that-
hey
it's-
you
know
there
it's
too
loud
and
we'll.
You
know
work
with
our
team
and
our
the
sound
team
to
to
reduce
the
volume.
Look
at
the
scope
should
it
be
in.
C
C
F
Yeah,
so
with
our
you
know,
with
our
event,
staff
would
be.
You
know,
having
way
plenty
of
way,
finding
signage,
as
well
as
staff,
to
direct
people
either
to
the
blue
line.
You
know,
as
andrew
mentioned,
we've
seen
a
you
know,
a
lot
more
people
using
ride
share
services,
so
the
idea
would
be
have
a
have.
F
F
I
I
believe
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
andrew
jess,
but
the
race
track,
you
know
at
its
peak,
was
30
000
or
so
people
had
time
for
large
events
like
like
the
mass
cap
race,
so
so
the
site
is
definitely
set
up
for
quickly
dispersing
crowds
of
the
larger
size.
So
we
would
look
on
some
of
those
pass
plans
on
how
to
get
cars
out
quickly.
C
C
F
C
C
B
F
Both
I
mean
traditionally
we're
seeing
we
would
plan
to
see
90
of
sales
online
these
day,
90
plus
percent.
Quite
frankly,
you
know
if
the
show
was
not
sold
out
in
the
you
know
before
the
event,
we
would
offer
ticket
sales
at
the
box
office
and
there'd
be
a
box
office
trailer
there,
for
you
know
for
people
to
walk
up
and
purchase,
but
that's
becoming
increasingly
rare.
B
G
A
G
Good
morning,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
natalia
benitez,
with
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services,
the
applicant
for
the
proposed
venue
located
suffolk
downs,
presented
an
informational
briefing
to
them
to
the
members
of
the
orient
heights.
Neighborhood
council,
no
opposition
was
voiced.
Our
office
did
not
receive
any
letters
of
support,
neither
in
opposition.