Celebrate the Season at Metreon -- A Sony Entertainment Center, the Bay Area's Alternative Holiday Destination; Studio105 to Feature Daily LIVE 105 Radio Broadcasts and Events.Entertainment Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002 Daily snowfall and high-tech holiday windows transform Metreon into a winter wonderland with fun events throughout the Holiday Season! Metreon(R) -- A Sony Entertainment Center presents the Bay Area's alternative approach to entertainment this Holiday season. Get out of the cold and into Metreon to experience a live radio broadcast studio with LIVE 105, witness the only indoor snowfall in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and enjoy activities that'll keep the Holidays cool. ** LIVE 105 broadcasts from Metreon! ** Metreon has partnered with LIVE 105, the Bay Area's leading alternative music station, for a first-of-its-kind entertainment endeavor. The station's top DJs are broadcasting live every day through December 28 from the newly constructed Studio105 inside Metreon! This means Metreon guests and LIVE 105 listeners can meet their favorite on-air personalities and participate in live broadcasts featuring artist interviews, on-air giveaways, contests, promotions, celebrity appearances, DJ performances and other live events. Upcoming celebrity appearances will include New Found Glory New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American pop punk band, that formed in 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, and is currently based in California. History (December 5), Coldplay (December 9) and internationally renowned DJ, Paul Oakenfold Paul Oakenfold (born August 30, 1963 in Greenhithe, Kent[1] England) is a record producer and one of the best-known Trance DJs worldwide. History (December 18). ** Who says it never snows in San Francisco? ** The weather outside might be frightful, but expect perfect conditions inside Metreon this holiday season. Through December 28, Metreon is a flurry of excitement when white flakes of "snow" fall at Noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm each day on the Ground Floor. For the third holiday season in a row, crowds are gathering to watch high-tech snow machines create a beautiful and festive snow effect. ** Holiday Window Displays / WIRED Magazine ** Metreon's windows on Fourth and Mission Streets are alive with florescent flo·res·cence n. A condition, time, or period of flowering. See Synonyms at bloom1. [New Latin fl fantasy displays and fun technology courtesy of Sony and WIRED Magazine. The windows play off WIRED's December issue, which features the annual "WIRED Tools" picks of the most techno-cool gifts for the holidays. Metreon's windows celebrate some of the season's coolest Sony products, including the slim and sophisticated new VAIO (Video Audio Integrated Operation) Sony's trade name for its desktop and laptop PCs. In mid-1998, Sony introduced its 505G series of subnotebooks that were the first in ultra-thin Pentium portables. (R) W computer, the newest CLIE CLIE Communication, Link, Information & Entertainment (Sony PDA) CLIE Communication Link Information and Entertainment CLIE Create Lifestyle with Innovation and Emotion (TM), Columbia Pictures' blockbusters "Spider-Man" "Men in Black II" and "Stuart Little 2" on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , AIBO (Artificial Intelligence roBOt) A battery-operated robotic dog from Sony that behaves like a living animal, learning and growing through experience. Capable of autonomous behavior, AIBO understands voice commands, and it simulates instincts and feelings with sound and (R) Entertainment Robot, the 60" Grand Wega(R) TV and more - all set in outrageously futuristic holiday habitats. About Metreon Metreon is a business unit of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SCA) is the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation. It is based in Inglewood, California. It is the umbrella company under which all Sony companies operate in the United States. Subsidiaries
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