May 2008
Topic: This is the Place Heritage Park Village Tour (behind the scenes)
Speaker: Matt Dahl
Date: May 15, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Meet and Greet
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner
(Weather dependant - if it is going to be inside or outside).
7:00 PM – 7:15 PM Presentation by Matt Dahl – Discussing Quality and the Inner Business Workings of the Organization
7:15 PM – 8:00 PM Tour
Location:
2601 E. Sunnyside Avenue (800 South)
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Map and Park information @ www.thisistheplace.org
(801) 582-1847
Dinner: Old Deseret Village - Dutch Oven Buffet
Meier’s Prime Catering out of Holladay for our Dutch Oven Meals
a. Chicken and Ribs
b. Vegetarian Lasagna
c. Vegetarian Tossed Green Salad
d. Roll/butter
e. Fruit salad
f. Brownies/Ice cream
g. Coffee/Lemonade
Cost: $20.00 per person (Prices includes tax & gratuity) Cash or Check at the door please.
RSVP Carol Freasier via email at cfreasier@bsdmc.com or call Jeff Edmunds at 801-250-5115 by Thursday May 08, 2008.
(No limit on amount of attendees)
Matthew J. Dahl
Who better to charge with preserving Utah’s pioneer heritage than a fifth-generation cattle rancher?
Who better to manage a huge living history site than someone with an MBA and extensive experience in the hospitality industry?
Matt Dahl brings both of those worlds together as Executive Director of This is the Place Heritage Park. Raised on the family ranch in Nevada, he has a unique perspective on the lives and challenges of those early settlers who opened the West. Experienced in high-stakes management in the gaming industry, Matt also understands that a historical site is just old buildings if it’s not programmed correctly, run like a business and marketed to bring visitors into those buildings. And, like gaming, living history can be a gamble.
Before coming to This Is The Place Heritage Park two years ago, Matt was Executive Director of the American West Heritage Center in Logan, Utah, where he was responsible for successfully stabilizing that institution’s funding and increasing its programming.
Before that, he was director of hotel and guest services for a hotel/casino in Sparks, Nevada and director of sales and marketing for the State Line – Silver Smith Resort/Casino in Wendover, Nevada.
He rarely has time for it these days, but Matt has been known to play a round or two of golf. He and his wife, Kelly, are the parents of three sons.
Matt will be discussing Product Development, focusing on education, entertainment and accessibility.
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