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Orlando Venues Key Staff Help Vegas Recovery
The famous 'Welcome to Las Vegas' site a day after a gunman killed 58 people and wounded over 500 more attending Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1. Two reluctant recovery center vets, Orlando Venues’...
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CONVENTION CENTERS EXPAND UP AND OUTSIDE
For decades, the basics of the convention center experience varied little for attendees, said Brian Tennyson, principal with LMN Architects. One meeting room looked much like another, no matter what...
View ArticleQuebec’s Place Bell Opens
Quebec's new Place Bell opened Aug. 31. (Photo Credit: Sophie-Poliquin) Place Bell, a new arena in Laval, Quebec, has already hosted an array of major events since its Aug. 31 opening, including a...
View ArticleVideo Game Just Dance Goes Live
Video game Just Dance turns into live stage show. The world-famous video game Just Dance will grace venues in the United States next spring, transforming the digital dance contest into a live,...
View ArticleHot Tickets for November 8, 2017
Alice Cooper played SMG-run Greek Theatre, Los Angeles. Celebrating 40 years of touring Australia, Alice Cooper and special guest Ace Frehley played the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Oct. 21, awakening the...
View ArticleEtix Acquires TicketBiscuit and ExtremeTix
Etix has expanded its reach with acquisitions of TicketBiscuit and ExtremeTix. Etix, a provider of ticketing software and solutions based in Morrisville, N.C., announced the completion of two separate...
View ArticleData and Dynamic Pricing Protocols
Attendees at IEBA to learn incllude Tom Hirsig, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; Chad Kudelka, Red 11 Music; R.J. Romeo, Romeo Entertainment Group, and Brandon Kramer, Cheyenne Frontier Days. (VT Photo)...
View ArticleThree Stooges Stage Show Going On Tour
The original 3 Stooges, which is now a stage show and soon to go out on a national tour. The former MGM Grand, Las Vegas, live stage show, “The Three Stooges, Three-Actical, Three D's,” has been...
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Curran Named Spokane District CEO
Stephanie Curran. The Spokane (Wash.) Public Facilities District has named current Spokane Convention Center GM Stephanie Curran as incoming CEO, replacing retiring Kevin Twohig. Curran has been an...
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Solano County Fair Pacts With FEMA
The fenced-off area on Solano fairgrounds, Vallejo, Calif., where FEMA will set up shop for temporary housing. Solano County Fair, Vallejo, Calif., has entered into a $50,000, 18-month contract with...
View ArticlePower Rangers Live To Tour In 2018
Saban's Power Rangers Live will tour North America in 2018. When the staff at the Florida Theater, Jacksonville, found out that Saban’s Power Rangers Live was set to morph onto their stage next year,...
View ArticleHot Tickets for September 13, 2017
24K sensation Bruno Mars performed on Saturday Night Live, New York City. Bruno Mars, currently on his 24K Magic World Tour, made three appearances on our Hot Tickets chart this week and took the top...
View Articleaccesso ShoWare Center
Be ready. That’s the call, especially during this horrific fire and hurricane season. These past few weeks, everyone has been reaching out to loved ones in danger of floods, winds and fire, the worst...
View ArticleTHE LIFE AND TIMES OF KEVIN TWOHIG
A strategic thinker all his life, Kevin Twohig, who is retiring from his role as CEO of Spokane, Wash., Public Facilities District (SPFD) by the end of the year, has a go-forth plan in place. While...
View ArticleCUISINE IMPROVES THE FAN EXPERIENCE
HB2 took the wind out of the live-touring sails in North Carolina last year, taking it, and sister-state South Carolina, down four percent from the previous year. With the repeal of HB2, North...
View ArticleU.S. BANK STADIUM CELEBRATES INAUGURAL YEAR
There were many signs Minneapolis’ 66,200-seat U.S. Bank Stadium would be a success story in its first year. It began even before the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings hit the field or the...
View ArticleIDENTIFYING ATTENDEES VS. TICKET BUYERS
Presence, a new ticketing system recently unveiled by Ticketmaster, will check spectators into events using smartphone audio data. The technology promises all kinds of benefits for all kinds of...
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FELD BRINGS SESAME STREET TO LIFE
REPORTING FROM ELLENTON, FLA. — Producing Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party! is a labor of love for Nicole Feld, Feld Entertainment. The new show, produced by Feld Entertainment in its new partnership...
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM LAS VEGAS
Most venues, if not all, have strict procedures in place for ingress — hand wanding or metal detectors, bag checks and Vapor Wake bomb-sniffing dogs are now standard best practice at any large...
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LOCAL INGREDIENTS SET JUANCHOS APART
The jury is out, and the flavorful, zesty and highly-sought-after “Juanchos” served at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., won Venues Today’s Best New Menu Item category in Silver Spoons 2017.“They...
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