The transition of the management of the Greensboro Coliseum and related entertainment and sports facilities to a private management company is going to take a little longer than expected.
This week, the City of Greensboro posted a new request for proposals in its attempt to find a capable private management company to oversee the operations – a job long held by coliseum Director Matt Brown.
The request titled, “City Seeks Qualified Proposals for Private Management of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and Tanger Center” just went up on the city’s website with all applicants now having until just before Christmas to send in detailed information as to why their company should be awarded the job.
“The City of Greensboro is seeking qualified proposals from private management firms to provide facility management and booking services for the City’s premier entertainment complex, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and Tanger Center,” it reads.
Details for the job – including vendor specifications and a projected timeline – are now available from the city’s electronic procurement system.
All interested parties must submit their proposals by Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.
Those with questions are being directed to contact the Procurement Division of the city’s Finance and Administrative Services Department.
City officials had hoped to have a vendor by now but clearly it’s going to take longer than expected to fill the hugely important job.
The city opened proposals earlier this year and hoped to have a provider selected by early November.
The Greensboro Coliseum has been managed by the city since it opened in 1959 with Brown filling that lead role since 1994.
I’m going out on a limb and guess the reason no one got selected was because not enough minority CO’s. Bid the project. Just like the county jail project. The city and county are in a death spiral
Why not rehire Matt Brown as a consultant and let him determine which company is the best? And PLEASE!!!! Leave out the obligatory charade of DEI in this instance.
Ditto!!!!
Rebel, you may be on to something. Once all upper city management can go through the numerous EDI requirements, maybe, just maybe an interview will be initiated. I can only hope who gets this job really understands what they are wading into.
I’m willing to guess the starting salary is less than Matt Brown currently makes. This is an extremely difficult job and it requires a gifted person, not just someone to check all the boxes.
Scott Johnson has earned the job as Matt Brown’s assistant for several years. Losing Matt will be rough, but Scott can easily fill Matt’s shoes.
The city does not want an employee they want a Co. to take over the management of everything. They want it privatized maybe that’s not a bad idea without the city involved there’s a chance we could get the gun show back.
I guarantee the job will have to go to a minority company. There is nothing wrong with that but it should not be a requirement to fill this position. The job needs to go to the most qualified. The coliseum brings in so much money to this area and has to have great leadership to avoid hurting the economy in this area.
I do not believe the coliseum is self-sustaining. It is subsidized by taxpayers. There is no doubt that the coliseum brings money to the area. However, only a small percentage of the local population attends the concerts, sporting events, and festivals at the coliseum, but all taxpayers pay for the coliseum operation’s shortfall with their taxes.
Is contracting a private company to oversee the coliseum’s operation an attempt to make the coliseum profitable, a goal that Matt Brown never reached?