Tickets.com's Client, K-Rock Centre, Named 2012 Venue of the Year

For the third time in the last four years the K-Rock Centre has again been voted Venue of the Year under 8,000 seats at the 2012 Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards.

"It's a true accomplishment for everyone involved with the facility, and it recognizes what we in Kingston already knew, that the K-Rock Centre is the premiere venue of its size in the country," said SMG Canada's General Manager, Ken Noakes.

"Awards like this can never be realized without the endless hard work of our staff, as well as support from all of our partners throughout the city, and the Eastern Ontario region. Winning this award for a third time shows that the K-Rock Centre has made a name for itself in the music industry, and is a facility which is top of mind for industry professionals."

SMG Vice President Harry Cann added, "We are thrilled to receive this industry recognition for the third time in four years. This is a true team effort in Kingston. While our local staff and national support team have worked hard to achieve this success, these awards are a testament to the City's foresight and delivery of an outstanding facility along with tremendous support from the business community and local citizens. The K-Rock Centre has certainly established itself as centerpiece asset for the City and the region."

Tickets.com sends a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Ken Noakes and the entire K-Rock Centre team!

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Kingston's K-Rock Centre was named major facility of the year in the 8,000-seats-or-less category at the Canadian Music Industry and Broadcast Awards.

One of 36 awards handed out by the association representing the Canadian entertainment, radio and music industry in Toronto, the new Kingston arena was voted top in its class, which included a half-dozen other "hard-seat" arenas, amphitheatres and stadia.

Verle Mobbs, the awards organizer, said the selection process is a lengthy one, starting with nominations from the industry itself that are then narrowed to a short list of finalists by two expert juries.

The facilities remaining on the short list are then voted on by members of the industry.

One of the main criteria used by the juries are the number of Canadian acts booked and the support given to Canadian talent, Mobbs said.

Ken Noakes, general manager of the arena, called the award "a tribute to all the hard work of our staff and tremendous support of our events by the community."

At the same awards ceremony, Kingston radio station The Drive won the award for small-market radio station of the year.

The K-Rock Centre is a Tickets.com client.

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