1. NEW SUPER BOWL TICKETING RULES TO DETER SCALPERS: A plan to require some people to pick up their Super Bowl tickets inside the stadium is meant to deter scalpers who resell their tickets for as much as five times their value. The N.F.L. also is considering jacking up the price of club-level tickets to the game to as much as $2,600 each. New Your Post: "It also marks the strongest sign yet the N.F.L. has finally decided to take a seat alongside scalpers in exploiting the massive—and still growing—popularity of the sport’s signature event." http://bit.ly/1bqQbTo
2. NEW YORK'S SOCIAL SCENE AFTER BLOOMBERG: Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been a sought-after guest at the city's benefits and other social occasions, and event planners and publicists have begun to consider a changing landscape when his final term ends. Wall Street Journal: "Not all parties Mr. Bloomberg attends involve fundraising. He is a sought-after guest for openings, movie premieres and lavish soirees thrown simply for the sake of a good time. And while he has been lauded for the money he both gives and helps raise, his presence has served another function, too: adding a dose of gravitas to a world that is sometimes accused of excess and frivolity." http://on.wsj.com/1domU9V
3. MARATHON BANS SELFIES DURING RACE: The Hong Kong Marathon is banning runners from taking photos of themselves on their mobile phones, popularly known as selflies, during the race. Business Insider: "Organizers behind the race have banned taking front-facing glamor shots after a woman stopped during last year's marathon to take a photo of herself, causing runners to crash into her." http://read.bi/1donoNe
4. WOULD YOU ATTEND A SILENT DINNER?: The restaurant Eat in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, held a silent dinner, the first in what it hopes becomes a monthly series. Eater: "The four-course, $40 prix fixe meal lasted for 90 minutes, during which the 17 diners who attended were not allowed to make a sound. If they did, the punishment was being forced to eat the rest of their meal on a bench outside." http://bit.ly/19dZzDQ
* LOCAL NEWS *
ATLANTA: Rathbun's reopens September 23 for dinner following a fire that closed it July 4. The restaurant used the time to make some renovations, including adding new kitchen equipment, painting the dining rooms, laying new carpeting in the private dining room, and refinishing the bar and bar tables.
BOSTON: The Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival is September 28 from noon to 6 p.m. The festival will have three music stages, food and craft vendors, and family activities such as face painting and an "instrument petting zoo."
BG Events & Catering has a new wedding registry service with a spin. The site allows couples to register for event elements they'd like guests to contribute to, including upgraded china, lounge furniture, or a premium bar.
CHICAGO: The 11th annual Chicago Toy & Game Fair will return to Navy Pier November 23-24. Two events will lead up to the fair: the PlayChic runway show combining fashion and toys November 21 at River East Art Center, and the Toy & Game Inventor Awards November 22 in the grand ballroom at Navy Pier.
The Chicago Fine Chocolate and Dessert Show is October 18-20 at Navy Pier. There will be a sugar art gallery, a demonstration stage, and interactive seminars.
Danielle Sparavolo has joined the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau in Lansing as the marketing manager. Her role includes planning CVB events and activities.
LAS VEGAS: Britney Spears revealed a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Tuesday morning with a live interview on ABC’s Good Morning America. She confirmed the anticipated news with a dramatic event staged in the middle of the Nevada desert. More than 1,300 people coordinated a large card stunt, more than 10 stories long and seven stories across, in the remote location to formally announce the start date of the star’s two-year show, “Britney: Piece of Me," which will debut December 27.
Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Nevada’s Sesquicentennial Commission hired the Glenn Group public relations and advertising agency Monday to raise funds and coordinate events planned for the state’s 150th birthday celebration." http://bit.ly/15Cg9jk
LOS ANGELES: Jane Lynch will host the Rescue Train's 8th Annual 5K, 10K, 1K Dog Walk, Kids Fun Run, and Virtual Race at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on October 6. The day will raise funds for 15 nonprofit, no-kill animal welfare organizations.
Variety announced the honorees for the fifth annual Variety’s Power of Women luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 4. Honorees include actresses Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Amy Poehler, and Elizabeth Banks, plus film executive Amy Pascal.
The American Film Institute’s A.F.I. awards are slated for January 10 and honorees will be announced on December 9.
The Broad, L.A.'s newest contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue downtown, will offer free general admission when it opens, slated for late 2014, founders Eli and Edythe Broad announced Tuesday.
The Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau announced that Junior Tauvaa will be the new senior vice president of convention sales and meeting solutions for the largest destination marketing organization in Orange County.
Local event listings from Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: Fontainebleau Miami Beach has appointed Bridget Ryder as vice president of information technology.
The sixth annual Fashionably Conscious fund-raiser is Friday to Sunday at Village of Merrick Park. The event, which sells donated designer clothing, benefits the Barnyard community center, a program of Coconut Groves Cares.
NASHVILLE: Quest Drape is opening a location in Nashville this October. They are: Cadillac, Sony, Stella Artois, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Meadowood Napa Valley, Domaine Chandon, and Sterling Vineyards.
NEW YORK: Tishman Speyer announced plans to reopen the Rainbow Room atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza next fall. Eater: "The main part of the Rainbow Room will be available for private dining and events five days a week, but it will also be open to the public at least one night a week and during brunch on Sunday. An outdoor terrace that was previously unused will be combined with an indoor space to form a bar and lounge that will be open to the public at least five nights a week as well." http://bit.ly/1eLPdTT
The Blue Card, which aids Holocaust survivors throughout the United States, announced its 79th anniversary benefit and auction at the Powerhouse at the Museum of Natural History October 21.
Debra Roth and Marc Posnock have launched the Originators, which offers design and fabric structures for events.
Finance consultant Joseph Perella will be the grand marshal of the 69th annual Columbus Day Parade October 14.
Catherine Salerno has been named director of sales and marketing at the recently renovated 304-room Hilton Short Hills in New Jersey.
Local event listings from Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork
ORLANDO: The Orlando Home Show is October 4-6 and has a new location in the Orange County Convention Center: West Concourse, Hall C facing International Drive.
TORONTO: On Friday, Spin Toronto will host a second-year anniversary bash. The event will feature street artists painting ping-pong tables on the spot and rotating DJs.
WASHINGTON: The Thurgood Marshall College Fund 25th Gala will be November 11 at the Washington Hilton. Bill Cosby will host a performance by Jennifer Holliday.
Eric McKamey is the new chef de cuisine of the Latin-Asian-inspired small plates restaurant Masa 14.
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