Member Since: 2/26/2008
Band Website: hob.com
Band Members: Current locations of the House of Blues include Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Cleveland, Ohio; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; New Orleans, Louisiana; West Hollywood, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; San Diego, California, with the newest location opened in May 2007 in Dallas, Texas; A new location in Houston, Texas in the Houston Pavilions location under construction[1], two venues on casino property including Las Vegas, Nevada (at Mandalay Bay) and Atlantic City, New Jersey (at the Showboat Casino); and two venues on Disney property, one at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and one at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California. (Disney was at one time a partial shareholder, according to DisneyWar by James B. Stewart.) House of Blues has never been a publicly traded company. Live Nation, who recently bought HOB, is.Plans for a House of Blues in Washington, D.C. have met with some opposition, with detractors likening the House of Blues chain to national big-box chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Borders.[2]On January 29, 2008 The Boston Globe reported that Boston entertainment prince Patrick T. Lyons, in the midst of a multimillion-dollar renovation of his Lansdowne Street clubs behind Fenway Park, has sold them to the House of Blues chain. Boston's new House of Blues, with about 50,000 square feet, limited seating, and VIP boxes, would be unique. "Historically we have created these venues not to be cookie-cutter," says Aidan J. Scully, senior vice president of House of Blues development.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None