Hot Tickets for October 26, 2016
Justin Bieber, Vivant Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City. Justin Bieber the Purpose World Tour is making its way through Europe, with four shows at The O2 Arena, London on our Hot Tickets chart this...
View ArticleSMG to Manage Historic Miller Theater
Rendering of Miller Theater, Augusta, Ga. SMG has been selected to manage the historic Miller Theater, Augusta, Ga. The $23-million renovation project is slated for completion in the first quarter of...
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Nature Key to New Louisiana PAC
St. Tammany Parish Performing Arts Center exterior rendering. (Illustration by James Piatt) By 2020, residents in and around Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish will enjoy a new 1,000-seat performing arts...
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Irvine Meadows To Be Torn Down, Replaced
Rendering of the proposed new Irvine (Calif.) Amphitheater. Â Thirty-five-year-old Orange County, Calif. live music venue, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, is being torn down; Gwen Stefani will play the...
View ArticleN.C. Fair Overcomes Hurricane Delay
Powers Great American Midways provided the carnival at the North Carolina State Fair. Despite the arrival of Hurricane Matthew days prior, the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh experienced record...
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Staples Center Partners With Celebrity Chefs
Chef Ray Garcia; Chef Bradford Kent; Joseph Martin, Staples Center, Los Angeles, executive chef, Chef Ludo Lefebvre and Chef Josiah Citrin. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES — A hot dog with...
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IAVM Welcomes Melton as COO/CFO
Ronald Melton Ronald Melton has been tapped to be International Association of Venue Managers’ (IAVM) new chief operations officer/chief financial officer. Melton will oversee all operational and...
View ArticleOVG Launches Security Consulting Firm
 Clockwise from top left, Tim Leiweke, Bill Bratton, Ben Tolle and Chris Robinette, Prevent Advisors and Oak View Group, Los Angeles. Prevent Advisors, a stand-alone security consulting company owned...
View ArticleHot Tickets for November 2, 2016
The Rolling Stones, Perth (Australia) Arena Following their second weekend of Desert Trip at Empire Polo Club, Indio, Calif. Oct. 14-16, The Rolling Stones were forced to cancel their Oct. 19 show at...
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American Royal Moving to Kansas
The Beer Belts BBQ team cooks up some delectables at American Royal’s largest fundraiser, the World Series of Barbecue, that was held Oct. 26-30 at the Kansas Speedway. The nonprofit American Royal...
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State Fair of Texas Draws 2,402,199
Big Tex, boots shown here, is the enduring symbol of the State Fair of Texas. (Photo by Kevin Brown/State Fair of Texas) Everything is bigger in Texas and this definitely was the case for this year’s...
View ArticleMillennials Reign: What Venues Need To Know
Goldstar CEO Jim McCarthy REPORTING FROM PASADENA, CALIF. — Let’s play a game: If you could only have WiFi or a TV in your house, what would you choose? If you picked ‘TV,' drop out of the game now....
View ArticleMeetings Industry All In for Security Certification
Brett Mitchell, Overland Park (Kan.) Convention Center; Larry Arnaudet, ESCA; Brad Mayne, IAVM, and Neil McMullin, Fern Exposition and Event Services, introduced EMSSI to the attendees at the...
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Mohegan Sun Celebrates 20 Years
A billboard celebrating Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.'s 20th Anniversary. Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn., turned 20 in October; its world famous Mohegan Sun Arena has existed for 15 of those years. To...
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Wentzell and Baugus Go Home Again
John Wentzell John Wentzell has been named president of Spectra by Comcast Spectacor’s venue management and food services & hospitality division. Wentzell is a former Comcast Spectacor executive...
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Centerplate Wins in Vegas
Las Vegas Convention Center. Centerplate execs are on the ground preparing the transition following award of a 7.5-year contract to provide food and beverage at the Las Vegas Convention Center...
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New Additions Benefit Arizona Fair
Arizona State Fair, Phoenix. Held Oct. 7-30, this year’s Arizona State Fair debuted new events and promotions that helped increase attendance four percent from 2015. A total of 1,144,627 fairgoers...
View ArticleHot Tickets for November 8, 2016
Kiss, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. Kiss is at the tail end of their Freedom to Rock tour with only four of their 46-stop tour dates remaining. The American band rocked and rolled all night long...
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Star Plaza Theater Not Closing
Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, Ind. The curtain will not go down on Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, Ind. after all. In August, operators of the 37-year-old Merrillville institution sadly spread...
View ArticleWinter Jam Banks On Unique Ticketing
NewSong will again host the Winter Jam Tour. How does a tour sell out every date without ever putting a single ticket on sale? The organizers of the annual Winter Jam Tour have perfected the formula...
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