Tuesday 24 June 2014

NHL may be coming to LAS VEGAS

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Monday said the biggest obstacle to bringing a hockey franchise to Las Vegas is a suitable venue. MORE Hockey's best in Las Vegas for NHL Awards Some of the best hockey players in the world have descended on Las Vegas ahead of the 2014 NHL Awards. More > Problem solved. Bettman, in town for the 2014 NHL Awards at Wynn Las Vegas, addressed the fact that MGM Resorts International recently broke ground on a 20,000-seat arena to be located along the Las Vegas Strip. While Bettman, not one to speculate with the media, wouldn't confirm anything, he did offer a ray of hope, acknowledging Las Vegas is an attractive city. Still, he's not sure Sin City is viable. "The answer is we don't know. People like to come here, but in terms of putting a franchise here, it's not something we're ready to address right yet," Bettman said. Bettman has expanded to non-traditional hockey markets with varying levels of success. The Florida Panthers, located in Sunrise, have struggled to fill seats. The Phoenix Coyotes have had well-documented struggles with ownership that appear to be solved. The Atlanta Thrashes in 2011 pulled up stakes and moved to Winnipeg. Bettman said that ownership is the most important factor in a team's success. Film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer has expressed interest in owning and locating a team in Las Vegas. "The most important elements for any franchise are the market, the building and the ownership - perhaps that's the most important. When people like Jerry Bruckheimer are interested in owning a franchise, obviously we love to hear those expressions of interest," Bettman said. The NHL's elite players gathered on the Las Vegas Strip ahead of the awards show seemed enthusiastic about the idea, if a little bit amused by it. "Obviously there's a lot of entertainment things in this town, and hockey would be a great addition, of course," New York Rangers forward Dominic Moore said. "I think it'd be great. Any time you can expand the game and add more teams and just kind of grow the game across the country, that always helps. There's tons of kids, people growing up in warm states, cold states - doesn't matter - they all love hockey," Detroit Red Wings defenseman Danny Dekeyser said. Hall of Fame inductee Ted Lindsay, who will hand out the award that bears his name, is confident the game would consistently draw a crowd in Las Vegas. "It's the greatest game in the world - let's start there. What I say is if you've got enough people, if you've got 18,000 to 20,000 people to show up for the greatest game in the world, then yes, Las Vegas is the right place," Lindsay said. Ryan Getzlaf, who captains the Anaheim Ducks, has benefited from the spoils of a team located in a non-traditional market. "That would make for an interesting road trip," Getzlaf said. "It would be a tough building to play in, I'll give you that. Where we are, it's a hot climate. Much the same as this [Las Vegas], there's much to compete with and we survive where we are." Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop echoed Getzlaf's opinion. "I think they'd have home ice advantage over the rest of the league. It'd be fun to come here and play. It's such an exciting city. I'm sure a lot of guys would love to be here," Bishop said. One of the more recognizable players in town, Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, said a Las Vegas team would require a balance of the right ownership and team development. "I'd have a tough time believing any team's gonna have a good record coming to Las Vegas. It'd be cool. I wouldn't rule out any possibilities. If things are going right and there are smart decisions along the way, I think hockey can thrive in a lot of different markets. I don't know a lot about this city other than what happens on the Strip, but you gotta think that people would be interested to come and watch hockey," Toews said. The 2014 NHL Awards is set for Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Friday 20 June 2014

ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL BRINGS DOLLARS TO LAS VEGAS

Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella discusses what makes EDC unique, how they will minimize drug use and the progress of a dance awards show.

Since making its Sin City debut in 2011, Insomniac's flagship Electric Daisy Carnival festival in Las Vegas has become a musical holiday that many EDM acts look forward to all year around.
"If music was a religion, EDC Vegas would be Christmas," Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Borgore tells Billboard, noting that 2014 will be his fourth year playing EDC Vegas. "It's something I'm waiting for the whole year where I get to see all my family. All the DJs in the world are here right now."
EDC Vegas 2014 will be held June 20-22 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and feature more than 200 DJs and producers, ranging from main stage acts like Avicii, Calvin Harris, Armin van Buuren and Hardwell to notable house and techno artists including Carl Cox, Booka Shade and Luciano. The diverse lineup also boasts hybrid live groups like Chromeo and Destroid.
"This is going to be one for the record books," Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella tells Billboard, adding that this year's sold-out EDC Vegas will draw about 134,000 people per day. "It's really going to be incredible. Some of the stages are just insane." 
Indeed, past Electric Daisy Carnivals in Las Vegas have featured everything from circus-style performers and thrill rides to a fairytale-like main stage with giant inflatable mushrooms and painted flowers, with owl-covered towers bearing giant LED screens.
"When you get into the festival, it feels like you're in a fantasy world," says Borgore, whose debut album, "#NEWGOREORDER," will be released July 8 on Buygore/DimMak. "It's the most important thing in our world."
Dubbed "EDC Week" in Las Vegas, the upcoming festival coincides with third annual EDMbiz conference, which began June 17 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and features three days of panels with music execs and professionals from across the dance music community.
In addition to Las Vegas, EDC has also been held in New York, London, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Chicago and Orlando.
Billboard caught up with Rotella to discuss what sets EDC Vegas apart from other U.S. EDM festivals, how Insomniac is combatting drug use, what to expect from EDC's first live-streaming experience, whether the DJ boom in Vegas nightclubs caused booking challenges, why Insomniac's dance music awards show didn't launch in 2014, plans for a new Las Vegas festival, and much more.
Billboard: What sets EDC Vegas apart from other U.S. EDM music festivals like Ultra, Electric Zoo, TomorrowWorld and Mysteryland?
Pasquale Rotella: EDC Vegas is like the dance community's New Year's Eve. We're the largest dance music festival in the world and it's held at night, which is unique. It came from a culture where events were all-night parties, and we're bringing that back. I feel like it's a culmination of everything that happens all year around in a big explosion. All those other festivals are great, but they're limited on size and capabilities of what you can do on a production level. 
Live Nation purchased a stake in Insomniac in 2013, and this year marks the first EDC Vegas under that new partnership. Did Live Nation play any role in booking and producing EDC Vegas 2014?
We still run the show -- the booking and producing of the event is all us. But I definitely asked for help on managing the budget, because I've been terrible with budgets. I love what I do and always want more, more, more. We're still delivering more than we did last year, but it's all being managed more efficiently.
Insomniac produces Electric Daisy Carnivals throughout the world. Do you feel that each one has its own identity?
They all have a unique personality, but none of them are EDC Vegas. In Puerto Rico, we'll do 25,000 or 30,000 people, so you're not going to have the same kind of production. But while you're there, maybe you'll go to the beach or rainforest the next day. When you're in Orlando, maybe you'll go to Disney World. It's not just about going to EDC; it's also about what you're going to do while you're in town.
Las Vegas has become a huge destination for EDM acts performing at various nightclubs throughout the city. Has that brought about any complications with booking EDC Vegas? 
EDC Vegas was here before the nightclubs. It's fueled the city of Vegas to acknowledge the dance music culture. All the agents, managers and DJs carve out EDC, so we don't run into any of those problems.
What steps has Insomniac taken to help minimize drug use at this year's EDC Vegas?
We've definitely staffed up and had more messaging that it's not something we tolerate. We have the best medical facilities that I've ever seen at a festival. We really don't have any more problems than you see at a Bonnaroo or Coachella. But we still put a lot of effort into making sure we're the best we can be with safety and security. We do pat-downs, 18 and over, and provide free water for attendees. We also have the ground control, which is beyond security and medical, where individuals come and roam the grounds looking for people who might be lost or out of it.
Insomniac has partnered with 7Up to give fans at home the chance to watch EDC Vegas online. But you've said that it won't be your typical live-streaming festival experience. Can you elaborate on that?
We're going to take people on adventures and make sure it's good. I've seen streaming that's made me not want to go to great festivals. We're going to curate and not try to duplicate your experience at the festival – like DJ, crowd shot, DJ, crowd shot, zoom in to someone that looks uncomfortable, back to DJ. We're going to do more interviews, go backstage, show helicopter views of the grounds, and other things you couldn't see at the festival.
What do you typically do during EDC? Are you on site all three days?
I do most of my work leading up to the event date, and then I try to enjoy the festival and host friends and business colleagues. I also try to explore the festival to see what I can do better. Unless something unique comes up, I'm mainly hosting and enjoying the show.
Do you get treated like a rock star now by attendees?
I used to be behind the scenes and when I'd walk around no one would say anything. That was enjoyable. You could hear people say, "I love this or this sucks." You get the real deal. These days, it's very humbling. There's a lot of love and people want to take pictures and things like that. Sometimes I don't know how to feel, because I'm just doing what I love. They'll be thanking me, but I want to thank them because they're there supporting it.
Insomniac and Dick Clark Productions announced plans last year to produce a dance music awards show in conjunction with EDC Week 2014, but the project never got off the ground. What happened?
God, it's been hard getting that off the ground, because I don't want to do it and not be right. We did plan on doing it this year and still want to do it – it's still part of the plan and vision. But we don't want to do it until it's right. We needed more time.

Thursday 19 June 2014

A TRUE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

A TRUE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF OUR RELM.

Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson is a member of the Knights Templar. He holds the position,Sir Neil B. Gibson of The Hereditary Knights Templars of BritanniaThere is great deal of diversification in the portfolio of business entities with which he is affiliated with. The business empire that he has built over the past decades spans multiple countries, and has touched involvement in construction and development, philanthropy, green energy and science, healthcare, foodservice and sports. At the core of Gibson’s philosophy with regards to business is the desire to assist the uplifting of people and communities through business ventures. Although they are designed with both profit and human betterment in mind from a completion standpoint, the projects also assist in population betterment by concentrating on supplying work to local populations who are in need of jobs.
Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson was born in 1963 to parents who were accomplished community leaders and who met while in Yorkshire. In 1998 he was commissioned into the diplomatic corps and fought against the insurgence in West Africa. Two years later, ECOWAS stabilized and the leaders of several countries extended their gratitude by honoring him with full diplomatic resolution and he resigned his post to the United Kingdom. Following his tenure with the Foreign and Commonwealth diplomatic corps, Lord Gibson returned to England and has regained control of his family trust and was bestowed his title as Lord of the manor of Wheldrake and Warter Priory. Lord Gibson has carried on his family tradition of philanthropic community services and resides as Sir Neil B. Gibson of The Hereditary Knights Templars of Britannia.

In recent years, Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson has concentrated his business efforts through an entity known as LNBG LLC, where he is free to explore business relationships and strategic structures that will move projects forward that might have stalled due to lack of traditional funding. Without the strategic partnerships that Neil Gibson himself has developed which fuel the projects themselves, the majority of development within emerging markets would not be able to be completed, especially if relying only on investment from the areas or from government channels. Within emerging markets, there is generally a level of poverty among the local population that would prevent local investment, combined with governmental agencies that are not able to execute due to a lack of localized resources to draw from. This is where LNBG LLC and Lord Neil Gibson provide the much needed alternative strategic financing from outside entities. Through access to large pools of capital from foreign investors, the bundling of project money becomes reality and the funds can then be used to secure as much localized resources as are available. The specific areas where localized resources are not available are able to be filled in utilizing the same connections that fuel the monetary investments.

LNBG LLC has diversified it’s scope of interest to include many areas, including international financing of development projects to real estate speculation. By being structured in a way that enables quick planning of projects based upon the ability to generate investor profit as well as completion, LNBG LLC is able to consider projects that other firms are not. As an example, the latest venture spearheaded by Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson is LNBG LLC & OGM Production Management, having created a solid financial base to operate a mineral based business relationship. The model and an affiliated foundation that will have worldwide impact. The business model is based on acquisition and expansion of oil and other mineral based prospects with existing production. Multiple prospects with excellent returns have been selected. The acquisition sequence has been prioritized in accordance with the expected ROI for each site. The due diligence has already been completed for the first two prospects, and the acquisition cost has been pre-negotiated. In addition, the engineers outlined a desired improvement and expansion plan to ensure maximum profitability and return on investment. The total cost of acquisition and expansion for the first two prospects is $147 Million. The details will be included further in the master business plan. Additionally, there will be an immediate need in the first two years for approximately $1.5 Billion US Dollars to acquire other prospects with high returns. The improvement and expansion costs of those sites will be covered by the first two prospects. The acquisition portfolio will include oil, gold and other minerals.

This Master Business Plan will cover the planned operations of all owned or supported entities by Joseph Allan Mueller and Lord Neil B. Gibson over a 5 year period. This includes “for profit” operations in petroleum ventures, hard rock mining, placer mining, mineral investments, waste water treatment, alternative energy, R&D, financial investments and philanthropy. In addition “nonprofit” endeavors will include supplying fresh water treatment systems for developing countries, Humanitarian relief and support for UN sanctioned projects, developing food bank support services for religious organizations in the USA and other countries.

The JA Mueller Foundation and Seed foundation will cover all overhead for the charitable works, in which it is involved, to ensure that 100% of the funds donated by corporations and individuals go to the intended cause. In addition, these projects will create over 1,400 jobs in the first year and peak at over 7,500 by the end of the third year. Ninety percent of the jobs created will be professional positions with above average income. These projects and the associated jobs will not only be located in the USA but also in emerging markets in other countries.

The business we develop will have a large portion of all the profits directed to a foundation that will support the nonprofit endeavors and create a base for other business to invest their profits into their fellow man. The circles my pier group operates in is one that makes hundreds of billions in profits per year. Many of the men and women who make the philanthropic decisions for these companies are more than willing to put their support behind such a foundation as long as it can prove its use of funds. A foundation that will allow 100% of their charitable efforts go towards the cause intended, instead of just a small percentage is something that has generated interest from several large petroleum companies We do business with. We are confident that others will find it worthwhile to invest in.

The Executive Summary will cover in broad strokes the projects along with a financial snap shot for each endeavor. In some endeavors I may bring in partners or do joint ventures (JV) either by design or as a bargaining means to get what I want from the project. I all cases I will hold the controlling interest and
my management team will control the direction of the project(s). In each case 50% or more of the profits will go to the foundations and the remaining profit will be used to expand the business base to create more opportunity.
The corporation; O&G Production Management, Inc. is wholly owned by Joseph Allan Mueller and is acting as the initial representative corporation for the compliance on the Trade transactions they are entering into. As it is only one of many companies , I will be replaced with JA Mueller Mineral Investments, Inc. as the parent corporation covering all other corporations invested into. A full Business plan with financial projections will be available to partnering company’s.

One more up and coming project of Lord Neil Gibson and LNBG LLC group is, Caffe Momenti. Through yet another strategic investment partnership and development structure, LNBG sets out to create a chain of specialized coffee and deli locations throughout Europe and The United States. Concentrating on the style of Italian deli’s which provide the finest lunch meats and cheeses and combining the concept with premier roasted coffee designed to have a unique flavor to each location, the concept moves forward toward completion with Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson personally choosing many of the design and structural elements.

Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson might be more well known for his residential housing development projects or his infrastructure builds in foreign countries, but the diversification of the portfolio of his company LNBG LLC continues to grow with his newest project, “Caffe’ Momenti.” The project, now in the development stages, plans on bringing a new concept in coffee culture to Europe and The United States, and is being dubbed “the world’s future coffee bar.” The concept marries the coffee bar and deli industry, bringing a unique sampling of coffee and food to customers within an environment that is completely unique in the modern foodservice world.

The philosophy of the company can be summed up in the mission statement “Our philosophy is one that if you offer the best product, along with the best service at the best price possible, people will keep coming back.
Our main objective is to be of service to customers at all times, hence every attempt will be made to identify their needs, to customize the service we offer, and to offer the most cost-effective and best competitive coffee and food, so that our customers will also benefit.
Caffe’ Momenti plans to expand its services to other regions through franchising. This will be done through proper market intelligence, identifying competitor pricing structures and conducting field analysis, whereby we will offer the best services in situations where our competitors are weak.

We only serve the best Italian coffee “Molinari”. Furthermore we intend to supply other stores and restaurants with our coffee. Molinari Coffee is not a new kid on the block it has been roasting coffee beans in Italy since 1894 and creating their own blend from only the best selection of Arabica beans.
Caffe’ Momenti is not just a Coffee Bar; it is “the ultimate Italian experience”. With a wide selection of coffees, we also have a fresh deli counter serving only the best Italian Panini, as well as, mouth-watering pastries.”
The main focus of the concept is people “on the go”, and the target market is unique. It incorporates the “Fresh” and healthy side of brunch and offers the public something different, as opposed to most coffee shops and restaurants. The lunchtime experience is a totally different concept to the “norm” that most people are accustomed to. Because of the the focus on the “authentic” Italian, the project goal is to keep it simple.
Lord Neil Gibson summed up the new project with the following statement, “If you want Italian, then you go to Momenti. We provide, great food, great service, and great coffee at prices that are very competitive and attractive to people, without them feeling the “pinch”. We offer the best coffee, deli meats and cheeses. The best Italy has to offer.”
Information and ongoing developments to this project and others will continue to be provided through this website and associated press releases.

Lord Neil Benjamin Gibson continues to provide services to numerous underdeveloped nations through leadership and speculation. His relationship with Ralph Huang, the newly elected Standard Bearer Of Cayo South in Belize, although called into question by the media, provides insight into the motivations that are put forth by both Gibson and his companies. Huang is described as a “good friend of Gibson” and was supported in his election campaign through financial contributions as well as video support via the United States. Huang and Gibson worked on several successful development projects in Belize in the past, and continue to maintain a relationship that has the potential for future successful projects in the area that would provide jobs, revenue and modernization to the local population.

LNBG LLC projects are continually updated through this website as well as through the series of official websites maintained by Lord Neil Gibson, including LNBGLLC.com. Official statements and policies regarding projects should be only sourced through these outlets.

Basically to sum up the life of Sir Neil B. Gibson of The Hereditary Knights Templars of Britannia. He is a man who hold the Knights Templar name in high regards. We are proud and homered to have him as a member and conduct the business of our fine organization.