DC Venues Glitter with Balls
The eyes of the world are on Walter E. Washington Convention Center during the inaugural balls. While the rest of America was watching President Donald Trump being sworn in on television Friday, Jan....
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PD-INTIX talks Amazon, BOTS and Mobile
Maureen Anderson, president and CEO of INTIX for 40 days, pledges to take the show on the road. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM NEW ORLEANS — Amazon Tickets and what it will look like was the elephant in the...
View ArticleWarriors Break Ground On Chase Center
Groundbreaking at Chase Center, San Francisco. After spending a year clearing legal hurdles, GSW Arena LLC officials now have another a task. Their mission: Start construction on the 18,000-seat Chase...
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Koolbeck To Be IAVM’S 2nd Vice Chair 2017-2018
Tammy Koolbeck Tammy Koolbeck, Iowa State Center’s executive director of the VenuWorks-managed C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater and the Scheman Building, Ames, has been nominated as 2nd Vice...
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2,500- cap Sylvee Theater Opening in 2018
A rendering of the interior of the planned Sylvee, Madison, Wis. The Franks like to keep it in the family. That explains why the Madison, Wis.-based Frank Productions team is building a new...
View ArticleExpansion Underway Soon for National Western
National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, Denver, as it looks today. This year’s National Western Stock Show & Rodeo attendance was 684,580, down slightly from the 686,745 attendees in 2016 — a dip...
View ArticleSpectra, Nederlander Partner at Bonney Field
City of Trees, a festival, that played Bonney Field, Sacramento, Cali.f, in 2016. Spectra by Comcast Spectacor and Nederlander Concerts have announced a multiyear agreement to partner on live music...
View ArticlePhoenix Raceway plans $178-million upgrade
Exterior rendering of the Phoenix Raceway remodel. (Rendering courtesy of DLR Group/Rosetti) If NASCAR’s garage area mimics a sports locker room, the Phoenix Raceway’s $178-million remodel plans to...
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ScoreBig's Marcus Moves to Ticketmaster
David Marcus David Marcus has been tapped by Ticketmaster to be its executive vice president, head of music, and to oversee a newly formed division in North America. This will be Marcus’ second go with...
View ArticleHot Tickets for February 8, 2017
Andrea Bocelli started off 2017 with a stop at the Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 15. The Italian tenor performed to a packed house grossing nearly $1.5 million with ticket prices ranging...
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Big Apple Circus Auction Down To The Wire
The cast of "The Grand Tour," which kicked off Big Apple Circus' 38th season, and ran Oct. 21, 2015 through Jan. 10, 2016, at Lincoln Center, New York City. A former Big Apple Circus clown’s bid to buy...
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100th NHL All-Star Game Per Caps Hit $38
Staples Center, Los Angeles, turned into Hockeywood for the NHL All-Star Game. With close to 50,000 people over three nights attending National Hockey League's (NHL) All-Star Game events Jan. 28-29 at...
View ArticleAHL All-Star Challenges Allentown
At the American Hockey League All-Star Challenge at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., are Spectra's Linda Recke and Gunnar Fox; Jim and Rob Brooks, co-owners, Lehigh Valley Phantoms; Dave Andrews,...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Touts Unity
Rick Nafe, Tampa Bay Rays, and Jarrod Fresquez, ParkHub, introduce a skype guest, Peter O'Reilly, SVP Events, National Football League, during the Stadium Managers Association meeting. (VT Photo)...
View ArticleFrenette Named to IAFE Hall of Fame
Marla Calico, IAFE president and CEO; Gary Slater, CFE, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines. REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS — The Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) Conference & Trade Show wrapped after...
View ArticleVote for the 2017 Generation Next awards by March 3, 2017!
It's time to vote for the 2017 Venues Today Generation Next Awards. We will be honoring this year's outstanding young professionals in the May issue. Vote now to make your voice heard. The voting...
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A STADIUM SURGE
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta New stadium builds and renovations are all about combining the old with the new — the continuation of some trends and the emergence of others.“There are old trends that...
View ArticleCharlie Wilson's In It To Win It
Charlie Wilson Charlie Wilson has made his way to arenas the old-fashioned way. He earned it. The Tulsa-born R&B stalwart had been going at it -- with the Gap Band and since 1992, on his own -- for...
View ArticleTD Garden, Bruins, Splyce Ink eSports Deal
Splyce's Snake Circle MarkThis story originally appeared in Sporttechie.com Delaware North, the parent company of the Boston Bruins and TD Garden in Boston, announced Thursday its partnership with...
View ArticleAtlanta Falcons Plan Videoboard Dominance
The interior bowl at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, will feature a 360-degree halo board from Daktronics. The last thing the Atlanta Falcons wanted at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium was a...
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