BSE Promotes Three Key Executives
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE), the business enterprise that manages and controls Barclays Center, N.Y., the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Islanders’ business operations, NYCB Live, home of...
View ArticleMSG Acquires Counter Logic Gaming
World-famous Madison Square Garden, New York City.(Editor's note: This story first appeared in SportTechie.com) The Madison Square Garden Company has announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in...
View ArticleHot Tickets for August 9, 2017
The PAW Patrol Live! tour rolled onto our Hot Tickets chart twice this week with shows at both the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 22-23, and David A. Straz Jr....
View ArticleWaitTime Debuts In Australia
WaitTime's artificial intelligence at work at Melbourne (Australia) Cricket Ground. A Detroit-based company, WaitTime, has found an innovative way to expedite bathroom and concession visits at stadiums...
View ArticleSunTrust Park Embraced By Fans
SunTrust Park, Atlanta, opened in March. A new Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium was unveiled to the public in March, giving the Atlanta Braves and fans from across the region a modern venue with a...
View ArticleBackstage Gun Debate Ignites
Outlaw-country star Jamey Johnson, whose House of Blues concert was canceled over backstage security proceedures. Venue managers around the country are grappling with their own back-of-house security...
View ArticleBrooks To Play 1st Mercedes-Benz Stadium Concert
Garth Brooks will play the first-ever concert at Atlanta's new Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Minutes ago, Garth Brooks announced on his Facebook page that he will play the first-ever concert at Atlanta’s new...
View ArticleIAVM Legend Dubay To Retire
Lionel Dubay Lionel J. Dubay, AVP, business services division at the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, has announced that he will retire July 6. Dubay came to UF in 1985 as the director of the...
View ArticleMobile-only Tickets for Miami Heat
The Miami Heat app. The Miami Heat were one game away from making the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs last spring and ushering in the era of mobile-only ticketing for entry into...
View ArticleHot Tickets for August 16, 2017
Rebelution played the Pacific Amphitheatre at OC Fair, Costa Mesa, Calif. Rebelution made a stop at OC Fair, Aug. 11-12, providing some good vibrations for the near-capacity crowds at the Pacific...
View ArticleVenues Ticket Solar Eclipse
Casper (Wyo.) Events Center is preparing to host guests for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. The solar eclipse is set to travel coast to coast across the United States Aug. 21, and venues across the nation...
View ArticleCMA Legend Walker-Meador Passes
Jo Walker-Meador. Jo Walker-Meador, one of the pioneers of what we now know as country music, died at age 93, in Nashville, today, Aug. 16, after suffering a stroke. Walker-Meador was the first hire at...
View ArticleAmazon Entering Ticket Market
Amazon is entering the U.S. ticket market. Despite reports that say the e-commerce giant is clearing the path to disrupt and take over the lucrative business of ticketing, pushing out industry leaders...
View ArticleOC Fair Was Farm Fresh Fun
Farm Fresh Fun was the theme at this year's OC Fair, Costa Mesa, Calif. This year’s OC Fair final numbers are in. The 127th fair saw attendance of 1,334,753, and gross revenue approximately two percent...
View ArticleDurham's Successful Interim CEO Talks Turnaround
Dan BermanA day into interviewing the final three candidates to take his job in about two weeks time, Dan Berman, volunteer interim CEO of Carolina Theatre, Durham, N.C., talked with Venues Today about...
View ArticleSunTrust Park Embraced By Fans
SunTrust Park, Atlanta, opened in March. It’s been several months since the Atlanta Braves opened its new $672 million ballpark, and the entire project will be complete early next year once the...
View ArticleVerizon Center Now Capital One Arena
Newly named Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C. (Photo Credit: Monumental Sports and Entertainment) Monumental Sports and Entertainment (MSE) has called its new agreement with Capital One to name what...
View ArticlePaciolan to Buy TicketsWest, WestCoast Ent.
At today’s announcement in Spokane are Steve DeMots, CRO of Paciolan; Jack Lucas, president of WestCoast Entertainment; Kim Damron, president and COO of Paciolan, and Dusty Kurtz, president of...
View ArticleNominate for 2017 Silver Spoon Awards!
Seeking Concessions Stand-outs! Submit your nominations by Monday, August 28, 2017! More than the money is in the food and now it's time to give recognition to the best chefs and chief operators — the...
View ArticleUp To $100,000 of Damage at Mizzou Arena
The gate at Mizzou Arena, Columbia, that Nathaniel J. Conant allegedly slammed through early Sunday morning, June 25. Former Missouri University, Columbia, student Nathaniel J. Conant, 23, was arrested...
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