Downtown restaurant owners thankful for business from PPL Center events | Lehigh Valley Regional News

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Downtown Allentown is gearing up for a busy evening with James Taylor taking the stage on the PPL Middle. Companies within the space are welcoming the heavy foot visitors.

“I really needed to block reservations as a result of we sadly could not take any extra,” mentioned Todd Pasini, Director, Meals & Beverage, Renaissance Allentown Lodge. “Each time they’ve occasions on the PPL Middle it is all the time nice for enterprise.”

James Taylor will carry out beginning at 8 p.m. 

“All my life you hear James Taylor, it is a type of issues that you simply develop up with, that is on the radio,” continued Pasini. 

Pasini says as a lower in enterprise journey takes its toll, massive occasions like this are serving to. 

“When PPL had Michael Buble was an enormous draw, I do know Barry Manilow’s going to be an enormous draw, Morgan Wallen was a monster draw,” he continued. 

“It is all the time welcome, we actually reside on the occasions which can be booked downtown.”

Proper throughout from the PPL, Sports activities and Social simply opened final month. 

“We have been welcomed in Lehigh Valley, with open arms, our lunch, dinner, brunch shifts are all the time busy. It is simply an added attraction and will get extra folks downtown to see what is going on on,” mentioned Clint Malek, GM, Sports activities & Social. 

General, eating places like these are trying ahead to a really busy evening.