November 8, 2016: Online Platforms Offer Election Coverage Alternative, NYPD Takes Extra Security Measures for Election Day, Live Nation Reports Rise in Events and Ticket Sales

1. ONLINE PLATFORMS OFFER ELECTION COVERAGE ALTERNATIVE: TV was the main way to view election-night coverage four years ago, but today platforms including Snapchat and Facebook are offering cable cutters a variety of social ways to follow along. Associated Press: "Among other things, Snapchat users will be able to see 'live stories' on the app—showing people at the polls, election results, acceptance and concession speeches and election night celebrations. In the U.S., users will see overlays they can add to their snaps. CNN will have live coverage with reporters in battleground states, as well as drone shots of voting locations and international reaction throughout the day. Each hour from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. will be streamed from a different location. After 6 p.m., the network will continue Facebook Live streams from various locations, including watch parties and, again, battleground states. NowThis, a news outlet aimed at millennials, will have video coverage on its Facebook page. Comedian Jordan Carlos will host the stream, called 'No Sleep til POTUS.' The Washington Post is planning live programming on its Facebook page beginning at 7 p.m. The show will include commentary and updates from Post reporters, including those at campaign headquarters for both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. … Twitter is partnering with BuzzFeed News for a live stream from BuzzFeed's New York headquarters. The stream will begin at 6 p.m. Twitter says segments will include critiques of traditional news outlets and how they are covering the election, as well as live reports from BuzzFeed journalists at various locations throughout the U.S. and elsewhere." http://apne.ws/2fMHFI6

2. NYPD TAKES EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES FOR ELECTION DAY: With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's election-night parties taking place just blocks from each other, the New York Police Department is upping security in the city. ABC News: "This is the first time in over 70 years that both major-party presidential nominees will be in New York City on election night, and the city's police force is preparing in kind. Carlos Gomez, the New York Police Department's chief of department, said the city is planning to deploy more officers on Tuesday than on any previous Election Day, 'more than double than our previous high.' He said more than 5,000 officers will work on Tuesday but would not give a specific number. The police deployment plan will be 'comparable to New Year's Eve and when Pope Francis visited last year,' he said. … The city's Mayor Bill de Blasio said police will be at each of the city's 1,200 polling places, which will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Beyond that, he said, 'we have beefed up our ability to handle multiple sites simultaneously,' a capacity that will clearly be needed Tuesday night, when Clinton holds her election night event at the Javits Center and Trump holds his at a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan." http://abcn.ws/2fvCURR

3. LIVE NATION REPORTS RISE IN EVENTS AND TICKET SALES: Live Nation has reported a better quarterly profit because of a rise in events held and tickets sold by the concert promoters. Billboard: “The company sold 28 million tickets across 6,162 events of its own, and sold 42.5 million tickets overall. Broken down by region, international events actually dropped, from 1,467 in Q3 2015 to 1,207 this past quarter—meaning all gains were in North America, where it threw an additional 517 events year-over-year. Besides events, Ticketmaster was the largest contributor to the company bottom line, bringing in $460.3 million at constant currency. The company estimates it will have moved 70 million tickets by year's end. Notably, the company says installations of the Ticketmaster app were up 44 percent across all of this year, and that mobile ticket sales accounted for 27 percent of ticket sales. The company has also been aggressively acquiring companies over the past two years; Austin City Limits organizer C3 in 2014, Governor's Ball this year and Bonnaroo co-founder AC Entertainment just weeks ago (after purchasing that marquee festival outright in mid-2015).” http://bit.ly/2fWK4iD

* LOCAL NEWS *

COAST TO COAST:  On Monday, Marriott Hotels launched a new quarterly online travel magazine and website called Travel Brilliantly. Working with global experience design agency Critical Mass, the hotel brand aims to give customers depth and insight on travel through editorial content curated by cultural authorities. The first production, entitled The Curiosity Issue, has articles by Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

BOSTON:  Lowe Enterprises Investors, in a joint venture with a foreign investment client, has acquired the 125-suite Residence Inn Boston Framingham and the 96-suite Residence Inn Boston Norwood Canton for an undiscloed sum. 

CHICAGO:  The Deer Path Inn has reopened after a yearlong renovation, which included the addition of modernized furnishings and amenities to guest rooms. Restaurants the English Room, the Bar, and White Hart Pub were completed remodeled, now seating 24 more, 75, and 50 respectively. Meeting and event space renovations include a new design of Windsor Hall banquet space, 88 more seats in the Garden Room wedding venue, and two new boardrooms with built-in technology for audiovisual services.

LAS VEGAS:  Tropicana Las Vegas and the Military Hospitality Alliance will host the 13th annual Military Culinary Competition on Saturday. Hosted by Tropicana chef Robert Irvine, the event will have more 50 active duty military compete for the title of Armed Forces Culinary Grand Champion.

LOS ANGELES:  Insomniac's third annual Insomniac Countdown will take place December 30-31 at the Nos Events Center in San Bernardino. The event will feature performances by the Chainsmokers, Zedd, Diplo, and more, as well as V.I.P. experiences including a beauty bar and free cocktails and champagne.

For information on upcoming events in Los Angeles, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles

MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA:  Super 8 is presenting “When the Art Comes Down, Works From the Super 8 Collection” on December 1 at Art Basel Miami Beach. The motel chain exhibited the collection in New York during Frieze weekend in May.

Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company will open a new hotel under the Marriott Autograph Collection brand at the former City Hall site in West Palm Beach. The 200-room hotel, which is slated to break ground in 2017, is the cornerstone of a mixed-use project that has received concept plan approval from the city of West Palm Beach.

NEW YORK:  The Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Awards, honoring Sarah Ruhl, will take place November 14 at Lincoln Center Theater.

Mariah Carey will perform at VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night, which will take place December 2 at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. VH1 will televise the event on December 5.

Substance-abuse treatment organization Outreach will host its 35th annual Metropolitan Luncheon December 2 at Cipriani 42nd Street.

The Femmy Awards, which celebrate the intimate apparel industry, will take place January 31 at Cipriani 42nd Street.

For information on upcoming events in New York, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork

ORLANDO/CENTRAL FLORIDA:  Baoery Asian Gastropub will celebrate its one-year anniversary November 19. The restaurant will have a DJ, a bao station, sake bombs, photo opportunities, and more.

Universal Orlando will open a new hotel in summer 2018. Aventura Hotel will be a 16-story tower with floor-to-ceiling windows in the rooms and a cocktail bar on the roof.

PHILADELPHIA:  Packaging event Pack Expo East 2017 will take place February 27-March 1 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The event will feature 400 exhibitors.

SAN FRANCISCO:  San Francisco Marriott Union Square has unveiled its newly renovated meeting spaces, which total 10,000 square feet; the largest is the 3,200-square-foot Union Square Ballroom. The meeting spaces in the 347-room hotel now have state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment via PSAV and high-speed Wi-Fi with up to 8,000 mbps. With Marriott's Meeting Services App, guests and planners can manage their event on any web-enabled device.

WASHINGTON, D.C.:  The Washington Post is hosting its first election-night watch party tonight, an invite-only gathering at the newspaper’s new headquarters. The event, which at several hundred guests is at capacity, will feature on-stage discussions with journalists and political insiders, multiple screens for watching returns, and custom cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from restaurants at the soon-to-open MGM National Harbor hotel. 

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has closed on the sale of the 270-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bethesda-Washington DC in Bethesda, Maryland, for $50.1 million. 

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With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin and Claire Hoffman in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, and Carla Hay, Beth Kormanik, Michele Laufik, Jill Menze, and Ian Zelaya in New York.

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