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Pistons Play Last Game at The Palace
The exterior of the Palace at Aubern Hills, Mich. (Photo credit: Detroit Pistons file photos) When a National Basketball Association team leaves its home arena for another, it’s as sentimental as a...
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Billy Joel Closes, Reopens NYCB LIVE
Billy Joel playing to a sell-out crowd at the opening of the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. When Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum closed in August 2015, Long Island native Billy...
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Hassall Appointed CEO of Royal Albert Hall
Craig Hassall Craig Hassall has been appointed CEO of the Royal Albert Hall, London. Prior to this, he was the chief executive of Opera Australia, the national opera company. Prior to Opera Australia,...
View ArticleAEG and OVG Bid For KeyArena Redo
(Above)A rendering of the Oak View Group’s KeyArena plan shows the bowl will be 15 feet deeper than the current one to create added seating. (Photo Credit: Oak View Group); (Below) A rendering of...
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New Albany Convention Center To Open
Rendering of the exterior of the new Albany (N.Y.) Capital Convention Center. The hospitality industry in Albany, N.Y., is breaking out champagne glasses to celebrate the opening of the city’s new...
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Legends are people who listen to, challenge and support their cohorts. They lead by example. They are inclusive and inspiring. Susan O’Malley, who worked for the late Abe Pollin, founder of Monumental...
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LEAH BEASLEY ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MARKETING AND FAN ENGAGEMENT, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. CURRENT CITY: Starkville, Miss. HOMETOWN: Ruston, La. UNIVERSITY: Louisiana Tech, Ruston. FIRST JOB IN...
View ArticleOPTIMIZATION AUSSIE-STYLE
Optimization is prevalent in the industry today and the venues Down Under are no exception. Australia’s Top Stops are leveraging purchasing power, customer service and labor to stay competitive in...
View ArticleBOOKINGS, UPGRADES SURGE IN 2017
With a Bruce Springsteen concert that grossed $1,396,956, Qudos Bank Arena, located in Sydney Olympic Park, 2017 is off to a better start than the previous year.“The bookings for 2017 show a marked...
View ArticleICC SYDNEY ‘EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS’
A new global standard was set for convention centers when the ICC Sydney opened in December, bringing state-of-the-art construction, technology and diligent planning to the forefront of world-class...
View ArticleESPORTS IS ALREADY A SPORTS CAREER
REPORTING FROM COLUMBIA, S.C. — Motivations behind National Basketball Association (NBA) owners’ investment in esports range from seeing future crossover potential in the fanbase to increasing value...
View ArticleMIDWEST MEANS BUSINESS
Don’t think of the Midwest as flyover states; there’s serious money to be made between the coasts. Cumulatively, the venues on Venues Today’s 2016 Midwest Top Stops charts were up a solid seven...
View ArticleBON JOVI’S BLOCKBUSTER TOUR WRAPS FIRST LEG
On April 14, Bon Jovi will wrap the 30-date first leg of the band’s This House is Not For Sale tour at Denver’s Pepsi Center, in many ways a tour of “firsts” for the venerable Jersey band. This was...
View ArticleTULSA LEVERAGES TIME AND A BIG TRAVEL BUDGET
Madonna, Iron Maiden, Billy Joel and Coldplay didn’t plan on routing to BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. In fact, they all said ‘no thanks’ to repeated requests to play at the venue. But Jeff Nickler, arena...
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Suca and Miller Join BSE's West Coast Office
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, N.Y., has expanded its reach on the West Coast and made two strategic hires.Tina Suca Tina Suca has joined the organization as VP, industry relations. Suca will...
View ArticleHOT TICKETS for April 19, 2017
John Mayer kicked off his The Search for Everything world tour on March 31 at Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y. This tour stretches across eight countries before the first leg wraps May 12, at The O2,...
View ArticleNHL Benches Get iPads
An Apple iPad Pro which will be bench-side for all NHL teams.(Editor's note: This story previously appeared in SportTechie.com) During this year’s playoffs, National Hockey League (NHL) coaches and...
View ArticleLucas Reflects on a Changing Industry
Jack Lucas helped start TicketsWest 30 years ago. He retired at the end of March and handed over operations to VP Dusty Kurtz, though he maintains his ties to the industry through his promotion and...
View ArticleSeatGeek Acquires TopTix
Eric Waller, CTO, and SeetGeek co-founders, Jack Groetzinger and Russ D'Souza. In a major move, SeatGeek announced the acquisition of Israeli ticketing software company TopTix for $56-million, the...
View ArticleNCAA Names Host Venues Through 2022
NCAA picked 613 host sites for games through 2022. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) sifted through more than 3,000 bid submissions, whittling down a final list to 613 host sites for...
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