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View ArticleFirst UK Venue To Go Contactless
Wembley Stadium, London, the first U.K. venue to use contactless ticketing. (Editor's Note: This story first appeared in SportTechie.com.) Wembley Stadium is becoming the U.K.’s first sports and...
View ArticleQ&A With Thomas Ovesen, VP, Dubai Arena
Thomas Ovesen, newly appointed VP, programming, for the soon-to-open Dubai Arena. Danish-born Thomas Ovesen, a major player in the development of the live touring industry in the Middle East for the...
View ArticleMay Pledges To Cover Costs Of Arena Attack
Pray For Manchester: A couple embrace one day after the Manchester attack May 23 under a billboard in England. (Photo Credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (Editor's Note: This story first appeared in...
View ArticleQatar To Put Up First Reusable Stadium
A rendering made available by Qatar World Cup's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, responsible for organizing World Cup 2020, shows the 40,000-seat Ras Abu Aboud Stadium. Ras Abu Aboud is one...
View ArticleXL Center Explore Selling Venue
Bruce Sprigsteen played XL Center, Hartford, Conn., which may soon be on the block. The XL Center, the 16,000-plus capacity multipurpose arena in downtown Hartford, Conn., could soon go on the market...
View ArticleHot Tickets for November 29, 2017
Guns N' Roses played Madison Square Garden, New York City, to a packed house. (Photo Credit: Alvin Ho/LAMC Productions) After officially opening T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, April 8-9, 2016, during the...
View ArticleAustin's Parish To Be Sold By Auction
Austin Texas' Parish will go to the highest bidder after an auction held on eBay, Dec. 1-10. A club in the heart of Austin, Texas' well-known Sixth Street Entertainment District is being put up for...
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Feichter New Events Manager at MCCNO
Brad Feichter. Brad Feichter has been named event manager at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (MCCNO), the sixth largest convention center in the nation. Feichter comes to the MCCNO...
View ArticleTicketForce Wins USSSA Contract
USSSA Space Coast Complex has moved to Brevard County, Fla., and will open in early January with TicketForce as their ticketing partner. TicketForce and United States Specialty Sports Association...
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IAFE Members Explore the Benefits of Change
Rick Vymlatil, South Florida Fair & Palm Beach County Expositions, West Palm Beach, and incoming chair of the International Association of Fairs & Expositions (IAFE), is seen with Marla Calico,...
View ArticleHot Tickets for December 6, 2017
Stevie Nicks performed her 24 Karat Gold tour at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas. (Photo Credit: Gary Miller) Stevie Nicks’ 24 Karat Gold Tour made its way to Sydney’s International Convention Centre...
View ArticleCaesars To Open New Vegas Convention Center
Caesars Forum, a new $375 million convention center, will open in 2020. Caesars Entertainment (Caesars) has committed to building a new major player in the Las Vegas convention scene. The $375-million...
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Goldstar’s Boost Increases Awareness
Goldstar's Boost allows event organizers to buy prominent placement in e-blasts. According to Jim McCarthy, founder and CEO, Goldstar, the number one challenge for the live entertainment industry is...
View ArticleHouston Venues Recover From Hurricane Harvey
Wortham Theatre Center, Houston, will repoen Sept. 1, 2018. Wortham Theater Center, Houston, has announced plans to reopen Sept. 1, 2018, only days after the one-year anniversary of when Hurricane...
View ArticlePredators Take Back Ticketing
Nashville Predators put plan in place to control secondary market through mobile ticketing. The word disheartening doesn’t quite do justice to the feeling players and staff of the Nashville Predators...
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OVG’s KeyArena Reno On Track for 2020
A rendering of OVG's renovated KeyArena, Seattle, which cleared a giant hurdle and received city council approval of its MOU this week. The Seattle City Council approved the memorandum of understanding...
View ArticleGoogle Opening Offices Near Detroit Arena
Rendering of the new Google offices next to Little Caesars Arena, Detroit. While cities around the nation await word on whether they’ve won the rose to become the next Amazon hub, Detroit is...
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Petrullo Resigns KFC YUM! GM Post
Dennis Petrullo has resigned his post as GM, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.Dennis Petrullo. Petrullo has helped run the arena since 2012. He was hired by AEG in 2009. When the group signed to manage...
View ArticleLessons Learned from an Accidental Death
Bob Johnson, OABA; David Margulies, Margulies Communications Group; Alicia Shoults, Ohio State Fair; and E.J. Dean, Fiesta Shows, moderator. REPORTING FROM LAS VEGAS — The Fireball ride accident in...
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