Ending Venue Gun Ban Proposed
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle. (Photo by Alan Alabastro.) Kevin Callan didn’t mince words when voicing his opinion about Washington House Bill 1015, a proposed measure that would allow...
View ArticleLive Nation Acquires Secret Sounds
Secret Sounds''Splendour in The Grass' festival logo. In a push into the Australian festival market, Live Nation Entertainment announced the purchase of a controlling 51 percent stake in the...
View ArticleHawaii's Moffatt, 85, Passes Away
Tom Moffatt (Photo redit: Michi Moore Photography); Carlos Santana and Moffatt (Photo Credit: Honolulu Advertiser)"Another legendary concert promoter, among the last of a breed, has died. Tom Moffatt,...
View ArticleSFX Rebrands As LiveStyle Inc.
LiveStyle Inc. President and CEO Randy Phillips. After one of the biggest, messiest corporate flame-outs in recent history, SFX Entertainment has re-emerged from bankruptcy employing two of the oldest...
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Monty Jones Enters Amateur Sports World
Monty Jones, Jr. Monty Jones Jr. started his new job as GM of Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Complex, just outside Birmingham, Dec. 5 for private management firm Sport Facility Management. He had been GM...
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LA Coliseum Addresses Rams Fan Issues
LA Rams Home Day at Los Angeles Coliseum and Sports Arena. Substantial changes to gameday operations at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for L.A. Rams National Football League games have had a major...
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Oak View Group Acquires Venues Today
Venues Today and OVG staff meet in Los Angeles, including, from left, Brad Weissberg, Francesca Leiweke-Bodie, Rob Ocampo, Linda Deckard, Samantha Le, Kimmi Wolfe, Monique Potter, Nazarene Kahn,...
View ArticleHot Tickets for October 18, 2016
Garth Brooks, Talking Stick Arena, Phoenix, Ariz. Garth Brooks is currently on the sixth leg of The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood, more than two years since it began in Sept. 2014....
View ArticleCongratulations 2017 Box Office Stars!
Thank you to all who voted. Congratulations to our 2017 Box Office Stars! We will be honoring this year's outstanding ticketing professionals during the INTIX convention in New Orleans, La. January...
View ArticleFROM THE EDITOR 12116
In July 2017, Venues Today will be 15 years old. In January 2017 we will be reinvented. I have the best possible news for our loyal subscribers, advertisers, readers and champions. Venues Today Inc....
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UNITED IN THE FACE OF TERROR
Family Victim Assistance Center, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fla. It was a group effort to secure and operate the most functional and friendly victim assistance center possible following the...
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TALKING POINTS
CASEY SPARKS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER BOK CENTER, TULSA, OKLA. CURRENT CITY: Tulsa, Okla. HOMETOWN: Rock Hill, S.C. WHERE DID YOU GO TO UNIVERSITY: University of South Carolina, Columbia FIRST JOB IN...
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FAIRS CELEBRATE FIRST RESPONDERS
Big Tex watches over the crowd at the 2016 State Fair of Texas, Dallas. Throughout the live entertainment industry, security has been top of mind in 2016, as the horror of terrorist attacks during...
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CANNABIS CHALLENGES
Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition, Los Angeles Convention Center. What influence has marijuana legalization had on the Colorado Convention Center? Not much, said General Manager John...
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PUTTING GRAND RAPIDS ON THE MAP
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich., wrapped in a red ribbon. Rather than resting on his laurels of 18 years, Richard MacKeigan is determined to continue shattering the many misconceptions of Grand...
View ArticlePenguins Get PPG Paint-ed
Exterior of the newly-christened PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Photo courtesy of the Pittsburgh Penguins) Marking a first for the company, PPG announced Oct. 4 that it had acquired a 20-year naming...
View ArticleSMP 100 - November Available Now
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View ArticleYOU’VE BEEN HACKED!
As the holidays approached, some unlucky venue-goers at Madison Square Garden (MSG) properties were treated to a not-so-great gift: news that their credit cards were hacked. The breach affected some...
View ArticleLIVE ENTERTAINMENT BEATS WORLD BLUES
Live entertainment venues had a terrific 2016. Our Top Stops facilities reported $2,582,307,550 in gross sales compared to $2,175,870,425 for 2015, a 16 percent increase. Many venues expressed dismay...
View ArticleU.S. FESTIVAL BUSINESS GROWS, EVOLVES IN 2016
In a year when headline tours by the likes of Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay flexed their box office muscle, and the touring industry at large continued apace, it was a year of change and,...
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