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VStar Acquired By Cirque Du Soleil
Paw Patrol Live is among the kids shows that Cirque du Soleil purchased when it bought VStar. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group’s acquisition of Minnesota-based VStar Entertainment, which includes...
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Some views of D.C. United's Audi Field in Washington during the Major League Soccer team's first game there Saturday. (Tim Newcomb) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The gates opened 13 minutes late, but that didn’t...
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Renderings of The Met Philly, set to open later this year. (Courtesy Live Nation Philadelphia) The look of The Met Philly, the 110-year-old Oscar Hammerstein I-designed opera house scheduled to open in...
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z performed together during the On the Run II Tour at Hampden Park on June 9 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment) The husband-and-wife team of...
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AEG Facilities Promotes COO
Chuck Steedman. AEG Facilities has promoted Chuck Steedman to chief operating and development officer. Steedman will retain his current title of chief operating officer, overseeing the division’s...
View ArticleA New Day For HOK
The new football practice facility at Northwestern University is one of a half-dozen big projects that HOK has recently completed. HOK served as associate architect to Perkins + Will, the architect of...
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Pegulas Take On Blue Cross Arena
Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial in Rochester, N.Y. (Courtesy City of Rochester Communications Bureau) Pegula Sports & Entertainment, management company for the Rochester Americans of the...
View ArticlePapa John Pushes Back
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville is being renamed after a racial slur used by the pizza chain's founder came to light. John Schnatter, the founder and former chairman of...
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Comic-Confections Have Their Own Fans
Comic-Con has been at San Diego Convention Center since 1991. This year it's expected to host over 135,000 guests. (Centerplate) Comic-Con has become a beloved, yearly party held at San Diego...
View ArticleFinal Four A Boost For Cardinals' Home
The Arizona Cardinals are seeking a new naming-rights partner for University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The NCAA’s announcement of Phoenix as the site of the 2024 NCAA Final Four strengthens...
View ArticlePollstar Live! Early Registration Opens
Early registration for Pollstar Live! 2019, the world’s largest gathering for the live entertainment industry, is open now at Pollstar.Live. The Feb. 11-13 event includes the Pollstar Live! Conference...
View ArticleTeaming Up For Naming Rights
Charlie W. Johnson Stadium is the 11,000-seat home to football at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. (Courtesy SIAC) The Southern...
View ArticleHank Abate New OVG Facilities President
Hank Abate will be based in OVG Facilities' new office in Chester, Pa., south of Philadelphia. OVG Facilities has hired veteran arena manager Hank Abate as president and opened an office in suburban...
View ArticleArena Name Is A Groundbreaker
The new home of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks will be known as Fiserv Forum. (Courtesy Bucks) The NBA Milwaukee Bucks’ arena naming-rights deal with Fiserv, a 25-year agreement announced Thursday, stands...
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Roger Waters performs at a 2010 concert. (Courtesy Honda Center) Roger Waters' Us + Them tour had a good couple of nights in Glasgow, drawing nearly 20,000 total and topping our list of Hot Ticket...
View ArticleHOT TICKETS: AUGUST 2, 2018
Dead & Company’s 2018 Summer Tour comprises 26 concerts in 20 markets and has performed to half a million fans with two concerts remaining. Here the band is pictured after a show at Boulder,...
View ArticleIn Search Of Rupp Arena
A project underway in Lexington, Ky., will better connect Rupp Arena to downtown and add more space to the attached convention facilities. (NBBJ) The mixed-use legacy of Rupp Arena in downtown...
View ArticleSelling Comedy's Ancillaries, Combos
Comedian Jeff Dunham has a sophisticated and developed merchandise line available at all his shows. (Courtesy UTA) Like everything in the touring world, merchandising at touring comedy shows has...
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Owensboro promotes interim GM
Laura Alexander. Laura Alexander has been made the permanent general manager at Owensboro (Ky.) Convention Center after a six-month stint leading the staff as interim GM. Alexander held dual roles of...
View ArticleA Community Feel For FC Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati, which will move from the United Soccer League to Major League Soccer next season, is playing its games at the University of Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium until its new home opens in 2021....
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