“The New York Philharmonic is stepping up efforts to create an outdoor concert venue for summer concerts… Public relations consultant Howard Rubenstein is working on behalf of the orchestra to enlist New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s support for a new venue within the city limits… The Philharmonic currently plays summer concerts in Central Park and other parks around the metropolitan area, but the city has no permanent outdoor music venue along the lines of suburban Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, Cleveland’s Blossom Festival, or Los Angeles’s Hollywood Bowl.”