Mapping Festivals Made Fun
The DiaZam software package. Over the course of his 20-plus year career producing and promoting live entertainment events, concerts and festivals, Bill Donabedian has gone from sketching plans out on...
View ArticleLady GaGa Goes Mainstream
Lady GaGa performs during the Super Bowl Halftime Show at NRG Stadium, Houston, Feb. 5. (Photo Credit: SMG/NRG Park)Living up to his status as “King of the Megatour,” Arthur Fogel, president of Live...
View ArticleWarm Reception for the Grammys
Staples Center, Los Angeles, hosted a full house of 14,000 at the Jan. 30 Grammys. Amid unconfirmed reports the 2018 Grammys will return to Madison Square Garden, New York, Lee Zeidman, president of...
View ArticleFood for an Arena-Sized Super Bowl
Lenny Martinsen has worked four Super Bowls, hosting one as Centerplate’s executive head chef of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. But now he’s in the midst of prepping his third mini-Super Bowl at New...
View ArticleHot Tickets for February 14, 2017
Ariana Grande, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz. Ariana Grande brought the second stop of her Dangerous Woman Tour to the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Feb. 4. The Live Nation-promoted...
View ArticleAmazon Will Change The Ticketing Game
PACnet '17's Geoff Lester, StubHub; Rob Shine, IMG/Learfield Ticket Solutions and Curtis Cheng, DTI Management.[Editors Note: For further coverage of PACnet ’17, the client and community conference...
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White New CTO at Spectra Ticketing
Keith White took on the entire client and community (750 people in attendance) of Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement his first day on the job as Chief Technology Officer of that division of Comcast...
View ArticleFROM THE EDITOR
Shocked. Saddened. Surprised. That was the universal industry reaction to news Feld Entertainment will close the 146-year-old memory maker that is Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in May...
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Talking Points
JOE FURIN GENERAL MANAGER L.A. MEMORIAL COLISEUM & SPORTS ARENA CURRENT CITY: Los Angeles HOMETOWN: Rosemead, Calif. UNIVERSITY: Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles FIRST JOB IN THE INDUSTRY:...
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DESTINATION: NEW ORLEANS - BACK FROM THE BRINK
Yulman Stadium-Glazer Family Club View, Tulane University, New Orleans Homes pummeled to rubble. Streets awash in floodwaters and debris. A battered Superdome presiding over a seemingly abandoned...
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MAJOR CHANGE MARKS FELD AT 50
Adjacent (clockwise from top left): Gunther Gebel-Williams, star of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Red Unit; Mongolian contortionists on the Red Unit of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum...
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ELEPHANTS TRUMP EVERYTHING
In 10 years as Feld VP of corporate communications, Steve Payne quickly identifies the biggest story of his career there.“Clearly, the transition of elephants from the circus to Ringling Bros. Center...
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A SHARING CULTURE
Creation of Feld Entertainment Studios in Ellenton, Fla., has resulted in a sharing culture beyond anything historically at Feld Entertainment.“We have seen a huge high in spirit and morale in the...
View ArticleTHE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Everyone agreed on the biggest highlights in the content world of Feld Entertainment: buying the circus, licensing Disney on Ice, going international, buying Live Nation Motorsports, and most...
View ArticleSTADIUM CONCERTS REACH EVENT STATUS
After some 20 years of near dormancy, the stadium concert business has returned with a vengeance in the past half-decade, increasing from a handful of elite acts capable of playing these largest of...
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ALWAYS UP TO THE CHALLENGE
David Arnold is now one of the few in the ticketing profession to have built the manifest for a funeral. He always knew Muhammed Ali’s funeral service would be at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, where he...
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EMBRACING THE THRILL
In a roundabout way, the 2016 Rio Olympics won Tricia Brown her Venues Today 2017 Box Office Star Award. The Olympics also turned into a big win for the city of Indianapolis and Bankers Life...
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GUARANTEED, EVENT-SPECIFIC MERCH
Feld Entertainment introduced a two-year guarantee on all its merchandise 15 years ago.“We were very customer-service oriented. We thought, we might as well make that official. In the scale of what we...
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THE VOICE OF REASON
Lee Ann Gibbons is the Great Communicator of the Messina Touring Group. She communicates with both artist management and individual box offices to build shows and keep holds consistent. She also sets...
View ArticleKNOW YOURSELF WORKS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Finding the right niche is key to success for venues in the Pacific Northwest. Managers know better than to be all things to all people. Venue operators in the Pacific Northwest saw tons of traffic...
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