DWP Talent Services Grows Casino Footprint

Danny Wimmer Presents’ DWP Talent Services has teamed up with veteran casino talent buying firms Houston Productions and NJM Productions to expand its roster of venues across the US.

The deal:

• Houston Productions is headed by casino and fair entertainment veteran Kell Houston.

• NJM Productions is led by Nick Miller who, as per Pollstar, started his casino-buying firm after spending almost 10 years on the agency side.

• The partnerships will “add resources to the two independent firms’ operations.”

• Houston will maintain his existing Houston Productions clients, but tells Pollstar: “We’re creating a second, kind of hybrid agreement or partnership with DWP so that we can go after the tribal casino market.”

What they said:

• Del Williams, Head of Global Talent for DWP Talent Services: “We’re basically making a big statement within the industry. These are respected talent buyers, and Kell in particular has been one of the most revered casino buyers in the business for decades.”

• Kell Houston: “We’re going to work on developing a strategy and approach for some of the bigger acts for these amphitheaters and larger venues in the tribal gaming network across the country. Tribal gaming right now is scattered with a whole lot of smaller businesses all around the country working in their regions. This will give us much more of a national profile and I think it’s got a lot of potential.”