MANAGEMENT
The SMG-managed Florence (S.C.) Civic Center has named Brittany Butler the venue’s new events coordinator. Prior to joining the Civic Center staff, Butler had been supervising a local event planning...
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KEEPING IT SIMPLE
When asked about signature dishes, Savor Executive Chef Adam Crisafulli at Long Beach (Calif.) Convention & Entertainment Center goes back to his Italian roots. “Heirloom tomatoes with fresh...
View ArticleASK RUSS
I was reading an article in Industrial Safety & Hygiene News (what do you do for fun?) by Chris Klinvex titled “Know Your Wiring - Employee Inner Personal Traits Drive Safety Performance.” Klinvex...
View ArticleA Survivor’s Harrowing Story
REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS - Olga Doccozi got the kind of phone call that no mother ever wants to get. It was Sunday night at 10:42 p.m. On the phone was her son, Anthony, who was in Las Vegas at the...
View ArticleOne Day Later, Mandalay Bay Quiet
The silence was deafening at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, on Monday night, 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. According to a Jenni Rivera, a Mandalay Bay staff...
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Life Is Beautiful Is in the Black
Life is Beautiful played its fifth run in Las Vegas Sept. 22-24. (Photo by Michael Montoya) When it was launched in 2013, the Life is Beautiful Festival (LiB) seemed like a big-hearted, inspiring idea...
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Laurene Powell Jobs Purchases Stake in Monumental
The new name goes up on Capital One Center, Washington, D.C. The Washington, D.C., sports and entertainment scene just received a major new player — billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs. The entrepreneur,...
View ArticleHot Tickets for October 4, 2017
Jeff Dunham’s Passively Aggressive tour is in full swing as he travels through North America and Canada the rest of this year and well into 2018. Dunham, along with his friends Achmed the Dead...
View ArticleVegas Hotels Institute Bag Searches
Deserted and eerily quiet, the north end of Mandalay Bay Road is still cordoned off by yellow police-tape, three days after the horrific mass shooting from the 32nd floor of the Las Vegas strip hotel....
View ArticleL.A. County Fair Concert Series a Hit
A young Los Angeles County, Pomona, fairgoer, dwarfed by the giant stuffed prize she won on the midway. In spite of triple-digit heat and high humidity during the first 10 or so days of the Los Angeles...
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Newton Named CEO At Carolina Theatre, Durham
Rebecca Newton Carolina Theatre of Durham, N.C., has named Chapel Hill businesswoman and artist Rebecca Newton its president and CEO. Formerly the chief innovation officer at Carolina Partners in...
View ArticleTornado Didn’t Topple Erie Fair
A tornado nearly toppled Erie (N.Y.) County Fair three weeks before it opened; fairgoers came out in near-record numbers to see the $3 million in damage. The upside to a tornado that takes place three...
View ArticleVENUWORKS HAS STAYED TRUE TO ITS BEGINNINGS
The interview to talk about the 20th anniversary of Ames, Iowa-based VenuWorks with company president and founder Steve Peters takes place appropriately enough as he is driving to one of his managed...
View ArticleHot Tickets for October 10, 2017
Alejandra Guzman and Gloria Trevi have been making their mark at venues across the world with the first shared tour by the Mexican singers. On Sept 30, they made a stop at Infinite Energy Arena,...
View ArticleSensory Kits Aid Venue Visitors
Sensory kits are now available at Staples Center, Los Angeles, and other venues to aid autistic and PTSD visitors. Staples Center, Los Angeles, has teamed up with Life is Washable Inc., to take a big...
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Maglione Returns To Consultancy Practice
Fred Maglione. Ticket industry veteran Fred Maglione is leaving TopTix/SeatGeek and re-launching his consulting practice. Maglione has over 40 years' experience working with various organizations in...
View ArticleBig E Exceeds the 1.5-Million Mark
The Big E, West Springfield, Mass., parade on Special Olympics Day. Attendance continues to climb at the Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, Mass., breaking the 1.5 million mark for the first...
View ArticleCharlotte Convention Center Expansion Underway
The Charlotte (N.C.) Convention Center is slated to undergo a $110-million expansion in 2019, including 50,000 additional square feet of meeting space and a pedestrian bridge that links the venue to...
View ArticleSims Hinds Joins OVG
Sims Hinds, new VP of development at OVG, regales Bob and Cathy Johnson with his stories. Johnson just retired from the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. (VT Photo) Having built and...
View ArticleInverted Bowl Looks To Reinvent Upper Decks
A rendering of Rossetti's inverted bowl, which reimagines arena construction. Nosebleeds no more, said Matt Rossetti, architect of a new “inverted bowl” design he said can reimagine the way arena...
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