THE GREEK THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES
NAMED THE COUNTRY’S BEST SMALL
OUTDOOR VENUE OF THE YEAR

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 16, 2006) – The Greek Theatre was named the country’s “Best Small Outdoor Venue of the Year,” by Pollstar, the live entertainment industry trade magazine. This marks the fifth time out of six consecutive years that the legendary venue has won this prestigious award.

The announcement was made last night, at The Theatre at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, during the 17^th Annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards ceremony.The Greek Theatre defeated this year’s finalists, which included such venerable venues as, the Chastain Park Amphitheatre (Atlanta, GA), Filene Center at Wolf Trap (Vienna, VA) and Mountain Winery (Saratoga, CA).We were also honored that the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California, another Nederlander exclusively booked venue, was nominated for the award.

The Greek has been fortunate to continuously host the greatest in headline talent and in 2005, achieved the greatest level of sold out events with performances by Sarah McLachlan, Willie Nelson, The Mars Volta, Robert Plant, The Black Eyed Peas, Michael Bublé, Jack Johnson and Franz Ferdinand, among others.

The Greek Theatre is owned by the City of Los Angeles, and is managed, operated and promoted by Nederlander Concerts. During Nederlander’s 30 years at The Greek Theatre, it has become a world-renowned, award-winning amphitheatre hosting thousands of events ranging from pop to classical music and reggae to rock making it one of the cultural icons of the city and the most coveted venue of its type.

The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards are presented annually by Pollstar Magazine the leading trade publication for the concert industry.For over 20 years, Pollstar has provided music business professionals with the most reliable and accurate source of worldwide concert tour schedules, ticket sales results, music industry contact directories, trade news and unique specialized data services. In addition to publishing the concert industry's leading weekly trade publication, Pollstar also maintains the world's largest database of international concert tour information.

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