Big Acts Coming To Newfoundland and The Benefits For The Island

Over this past week at least three big announcements have been made for this summer and next fall right here in Newfoundland and Labrador.

It was announced on Saturday during the Herder final in Grand-Falls Winsor that the legendary rock group KISS will be headlining The 2011 Salmon Festival in Grand-Falls Winsor on July 9. Coming along with the group will be big revenues for central Newfoundland. Kiss is an American Rock group formed in New York in January of 1973. The band has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States, of which 19 million have been certified by the RIAA, and their worldwide sales exceeds 100 million albums. Already hotels are booked up for the week in and around the central region of the island in the anticipation if what will be perhaps the most exciting event of 2011.

Also announced this Saturday was the winner of Kraft Hockeyville 2011. The winner was Conception Bay South who beat out another community in British Columbia. Kraft Hockeyville accepts nominations of hockey proud communities across Canada and works towards one. Newfoundland has had a number of finalists in the contest but this is the first year that a community from our province has won it. Conception Bay south has won $25,000 for being in the top five and an additional $100,000 for winning to go towards upgrades on their current hockey arena. Another winning that CBS received was the chance to host a pre-season hockey game early in the fall. The Ottawa Senators have already been announced as one team. This helps bring great revenues to the avalon penisula as people from all across Newfoundland and Labrador will travel to CBS to catch a glimpse of Newfoundland history being made.

Announced this morning, legendary female country singer Reba McEntire will be making an appearance at Mile One Centre on September 29th, 2011. This is considered huge news as Reba is one of the biggest acts ever to come to the island. Reba has sold 55 millions albums worldwide and was recently accepted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her career as a singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and fashion designer have all be outstanding and makes her number six in a recent study of the worlds most wealthy women. The appearance of Reba will generate millions in revenues for St. John's as people use facilities such as hotels, restaurants, taxis and much more to accommodate the experience.

The announcement of these three big events will not only help to generate great revenues for the province but it will also help in the marketing of Newfoundland and Labrador tourism. Within recent years we find that Newfoundland is becoming an equality to the other nine provinces and we can only hope to keep our reputation going as a kind hearted province that we have always been. We find that more and more things are being offered in Newfoundland including companies, products, services, entertainment and much much more. We can only hope we keep it going.