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Home of the Titan Entertainment Group Inc. Opening Early 2012!
8 thousand seat indoor acoustically excellent venue hosting 2 to 8 thousand guests! Some might call it a “teacup” theatre in the round, but it hosts Shania or Cirque du Soleil, or a public meeting of any sort! Entertainment, V.I.P. Lounges, Private Suites, Food and Vending Kiosks!
Entertainment Industry Campus! , Suited Hotels, Media village!
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Unique Features or Proprietary Aspects of Venue
By M. Shane David
The unique feature of the Titan that sets it apart from all other venues is size.
Designed from the stage forward, for the maximum effect on the consumer, it will feature fluidity easing change over between acts. The stage area lay-outs are calculated to facilitate the best performance view regardless of stage position balanced with soft, three position seats. The artist will be able to enjoy the maximum intimacy with the fan. With hydraulic staging, the ease of the sets and rigging will be unprecedented. The loading area will be designed to facilitate efficient speed unloading and loading of equipment.
The venue will boast spacious private suites and a V.I.P. room for the elite and promotional clientèle. The Titan offers no “genres specific” class of entertainment and the management staff can book a larger variety of acts than other venues in Alberta. The Titan Entertainment Group Inc. concept incorporates a hotel component (375 suites) to make the venue much more inviting to “out of province” customers in stage IV. Since there are currently no hotels that offer anything “out of the ordinary”, this will set the Titan facility apart from other hotels in Alberta.
The Titan venue is a “destination” place to attend your favorite performer, theatrical performance, human circus, media event or corporate affair. The Titan will offer a retail component with a minimum of eight high profile ancillary retailers to accommodate the customer’s needs.
In Alberta, The Titan will be located south in close proximity to major automobile and public transportation corridors and other complementary private and municipal facilities.
In the Southern Alberta area, the Titan will consist of the following:
The “heart” of the venue complex is the stage and associated areas. The stage will accommodate a wide variety of set-ups, and feature a retractable catwalk and orchestra pit, specially designed rigging and lighting, “direct connects” to “state-of-the-art” audio and video systems, and other design-features for specialty performances.
The backstage area will have adjustable dock-height loading adjacent to the stage, and will accommodate more and larger tractor-trailers, tour buses and equipment vans. The backstage design will facilitate quick changeovers, and offer large, secure storage areas, production offices, changing and rehearsal areas, green rooms, private rooms and suites as well as other amenities.
Customers attending the Titan will enter through one of three great “Grand Foyers” designed to maximize and ease the egress. Customers will easily find directions to all the amenities or to their seating through our “Titan Ushers”. Every detail will up-lift and inspire the client to “trip the light fantastic”, while the ultra modern comfort of the show and the intimacy of the performance will astound and amaze all who attend.
Stage I
A 8,000 person capacity venue complete with balcony seating and concourses, private corporate and party suites, ‘long bars’ and food services, as well as other guest amenities.
A freestanding multi-level parking structure, built for the Venue and to service Public Transit requirements.
Stage II
A “Plus 15” sky walk from the Hotel and the Venue with the Parkade and the surrounding operations. Each additional site use such as Hotel, Office and Condos will be connected as they are completed. Once associates, guests and clients arrive at Titan they will choose to walk indoors or outdoors to the whole campus.
Stage III
Multi–storey office and residential condo complex including main floor retail space.
Stage IV
A 375-room “marquis” Hotel Complex, which will include, standard, suited, and deluxe rooms, and luxurious suites with private access, along with a restaurant, bar, dinner/café, lounge, spa, signing and meeting facilities, with accommodations for tour crews and dressing rooms.
The Market
Management has researched and assessed a broad base of data taking into consideration key market and industry trends in both formulating its business model and development plans. The Alberta Market is noted to have high disposable income levels, an expanding population, and high tech modern cities.
The Titan venue is a ‘destination-type’ facility that can attract a wide variety of performances and events with guests or patrons that span virtually every major demographic group. Live entertainment has expanded over the past decade to encompass virtually every gender of performance that includes:
Ballet, dance and live theater;
Variety, comedy and other specialty shows;
Popular music acts such as country, pop and rock bands;
Jazz and blues artists, solo performers, choral groups and orchestras; and
A range of other theatrical, dance, music and variety shows.
This expansion of the live entertainment industry is also reflected in a growth in the variety, number and caliber of performers. The growing popularity of both North American and International talent has precipitated a shift in the economics of staging such events. The mid-capacity facility is now seen as an ideal size venue to achieve optimum ticket sales and ancillary revenues, while staging festivals or groups of acts including “world renowned” or “head-line” performers.
Once the Titan is successfully operational, and as it gains recognition as a “premier” venue in North America, the Company will begin the process of development in other major urban centers.