Jim Salamenta
REPORTING FROM NASHVILLE — SMG's Jim McCue introduced the firm's new manager for H-E-B Center, Cedar Park, Texas, during the International Entertainment Buyers Association conference here. Venues Today caught up with that exec, Jim Salamenta, during SMG's client lunch at IEBA and learned he was on his way to Cedar Park from here, where he officially assumes the role of GM for SMG Oct. 17.
Salamenta is shifting from American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, also an SMG account, where he has been manager for 10 years. Salamenta has 23 years of experience in the business, beginning in college in Danbury, Conn. This is his fifth venue.
H-E-B Center was run by the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. That team's farm club, the Texas Stars, is the anchor tenant of the 8,000-seat, seven-year-old, city-owned arena.