SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - SMG, the facilities manager of the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, has hired a staffer to book events.
Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether says the new hire will work side by side with Manager Terry Torkildson. He says the employee's full time role is to book concerts, special events, ice events or Cirque du Soleil. Whatever show can be brought to the new center.
Huether says the Center will improve the city’s quality of life. He says six out of ten people who go to the events center will be from out of town.
He says the city wants to book more events, bigger events and simutaneous events to capture all the dollars it can with the investment.
Heuther did not release the name of the new hire.
The $117 million events center is scheduled to open next fall.