HOT TICKETS FOR JANUARY 24, 2018
Andrea Bocelli serenades the crowd during Andrea Bocelli In Concert at Frank Erwin Center, Austin. Andrea Bocelli is scheduled to play arenas in the southeastern U.S. next month, but on Jan. 20 he was...
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IDENTIFYING 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...
View ArticleLevity Looks To Upgrade The Improv
The Improv comedy club brand has been acquired by Levity Entertainment Group. Levity Entertainment Group is serious about its plans for its new comedy acquisition. Levity acquired The Improv, the...
View ArticleSources: Philips Won't Renew Naming Rights
Philips Arena in Atlanta shown in 2002, three years after it opened. (Getty Images) Technology firm Philips will not renew its naming rights deal for the Atlanta Hawks’ arena, sources said. The...
View ArticleBlazers Building Exclusive Club
The new courtside club at Moda Center will offer a change from the arena's other, more contemporary club spaces. (Portland Trail Blazers) The NBA's Portland Trail Blazers are building an exclusive new...
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Dreskin Joins Eventbrite's Board
Andrew Dreskin, Eventbrite president of music and board member. Andrew Dreskin, co-founder and former CEO of Ticketfly and TicketWeb and now president of music at Eventbrite, has been named to...
View ArticleACL Shoots VR Features
Austin-based VR tech firm SubVRsive led the filming of the "ACL: Backstage" series at the ACL Live at the Moody Theater. (SubVRsive) Virtual reality technology has become a part of one of the...
View Article'Fan Experience Starts In The Parking Lot'
SMA’s Transportation panel: Moderator John Beattie, stadium manager, Arsenal Football Club; Anthony Squeo, VP of large venue operations, SP+ Gameday; Jarrod Fresquez, chief evangelist and founding...
View ArticleHot Tickets For February 7, 2018
"The Lion King" is the highest grossing Broadway production of all time, having grossed more than $1 billion."The Lion King" ruled Atlanta for nine performances in January at the Fox Theatre, drawing...
View ArticleDueling Plans For Fairgrounds Fixes
The Coliseum, built in 1901, is one of several buildings at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in need of repair. The estimated cost is $3.7 million. A nonprofit foundation formed two years ago to raise...
View ArticleANDREW BRAGMAN READIES FOR THE ALL-STAR GAME
ANDREW BRAGMAN ENCOURAGES HIS TEAM TO MAKE GUESTS SMILE AS THEY GREET TICKET HOLDERS ENTERING NATIONALS PARK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.“I want a welcoming face at the front door,” Bragman said. “They have to...
View ArticleTURNING NATURAL PHENOMENON INTO A PICNIC
THE LIGHTS IN THE BALLOONS TWIN¬KLING IN THE PLAZA, THE DROP IN TEMPERATURE, the daytime blackness, and the hush of the crowd all made ticketing the total eclipse of the sun memorable for Crystal...
View ArticleGRaCE WILL MAKE YOU CUSTOMER FRIENDLY
LAST NEW YEAR’S EVE, A PARTY OF FOUR CAME TO SEE THE FINAL, NOON PERFORMANCE OF “NUTCRACKER” AT THE KIMMEL CENTER, PHILADELPHIA. But the mother wrote down 2. When the family arrived, there were just...
View ArticleTICKETING TAKES A TEAM IN HOUSTON
THE FIRST THING THAT TICKETING STAR AWARD WINNER DAVID GREENBAUM, DIRECTOR OF TICKETING, NRG PARK, HOUSTON, WANTED TO EXPRESS UPON HEARING HE WON THE HONOR WAS THAT “IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.” After 37...
View ArticleWELCOME TO VENUESNOW
Five, four, three, two, one …. welcome to the launch of VenuesNow and a new era of venue trade media. The publication you hold in your hands (or are reading online, please indulge me a bit of drama)...
View ArticleHOW CHASE CENTER WILL CHANGE THE CITY
Rick welts has a heavy load. A very heavy load. Welts, the Golden State Warriors’ president and chief operating officer, is in charge of developing Chase Center, the defending NBA champions’...
View ArticleREVAMPED ALAMODOME BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Remember the Ala¬modome? Yes, it’s still standing, and a $60 million facelift ahead of this year’s NCAA Final Four brings the stadium up to the level of newer buildings competing for the event. The...
View ArticlePREMIUM SALES WELCOMES A NEW PLAYER TO THE GAME
Chris Allphin thinks the addition of Elevate Sports Ventures to the ranks of premium seat sales consultants is a good thing. That may seem odd coming from an executive for a company chasing the same...
View ArticleCLOSE TO THE HEART OF SUPER BOWL CITY
As Minneapolis cordons off an area around U.S. Bank Stadium with five miles of chain-link fencing in time for the Feb. 4 Super Bowl, physical barriers play a key role in securing the site of Super...
View ArticleON BUILDING THE SHOW EXPENSES
Sooner or later the lights go on and the doors open. It’s important to be prepared, to build the show expenses and know where you stand. The promoter will call and ask for a date; you get the date and...
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