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Chef John DiMartini from Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wis. Chef John DiMartini treats guests at Miller Park like family with one of the venue’s popular offerings: the spaghetti-stuffed meatball. Blending...
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Global Spectrum has named David Aiello assistant general manager and director of Marketing for both Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell and Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Aiello, a five-year Global Spectrum...
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Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y., is one of 38 Live Nation venues to begin offering veggie burgers and other vegetarian options. Live Nation’s new food sourcing initiatives came from CEO...
View ArticlePurple is the New Green
Willie the Wildcat is the mascot for Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Is Purple Pricing ready for the big time? The dynamic ticketing system created by two economics professors at Northwestern...
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What do facility managers need to know about Point of Sale Systems (POS)? Point of Sale (POS) systems make a significant positive impact for facility managers in maximizing their food and beverage...
View ArticleFacing the Horizon
Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., is using an advanced radar system to track storms and other dangerous weather. For years, Kidd Brewer Stadium has had a problem. It has its back to the weather. The...
View ArticleFrom Vineyard to Venue
Edgefield in Portland, Ore. What goes better with a Riesling — Sarah Barielles or B.B. King?“Are we talking indoors or outdoors? What kind of food is being served? And how seriously are we taking...
View ArticleNominate Hall of Headlines Now!
We are seeking nominations for the 2013 Hall of Headlines awards by Friday, September 20, 2013 Each December, Venues Today hands out its most prestigious honor, the Hall of Headlines Award. In 2013 we...
View ArticleAwesome Weather Pushes Indiana State Fair to All-Time High
Pleasant summer weather with barely any rain helped push attendance at the Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, to an all-time high of 978,296, nearly 15 percent up over last year’s 853,942. The figure...
View ArticleOregon Opens $68M Football Complex
New video board at the University of Oregons Hatfield-Dowlin Complex in Eugene includes 64 screens for a total 145,000-sq.-ft. display. In late August, the University of Oregon put the finishing...
View ArticleAMC Heads North to Land of Opportunity
When the Arena Management Conference meets in Toronto, Sept. 8-11, the music and sports industry for their host country will look quite different than one year ago when the facilities group that's...
View ArticleAEG Given the Go-Ahead on Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena, London, top left, is now part of a destination development called Wembley Park. Increased bookings, sponsorships and premium seating options are a few of the ways AEG Facilities plans to...
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Numbers Still Coming in For Iowa Fair
Shrimp corndog on a stick was voted the top fair food by the fair board at this year's Iowa State Fair, Des Moines.Attendance at the Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, might be slightly down from last year’s...
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OC Fair Just Shy of Record
The Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa moved the berm in and stopped doing grass seating. The venue had its largest gross ever. (VT Photo) The motto for Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, Calif., this...
View ArticleRoxy Theatre Inks Deal With Ticketfly
Ticketfly's Director of Sales Jeff White is pictured with Roxy Theatre owner Nic Adler at a party inside On The Rox in West Hollywood, Calif. Dusk has fallen on one of Ticketmaster’s longest-held...
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Bumbershoot Festival Reaches Milestone
Seattle's Space Needle shines in the background as the crowd at Bumbershoot Festival cheers for Washed Out, Aug. 31. (Photo by Morgan Keuler/One Reel) Bumbershoot Festival in downtown Seattle wrapped...
View ArticleHot Tickets for September 4, 2013
Kenny Chesney rocks The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on April 19 during a four-year anniversary concert for the venue.Kenny Chesney closed out his "No Shoes Nation" tour with one of...
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New Addition at SLCVC
Lucy Roate has joined the team at St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission as convention services manager, where she will serve as a lisaison between clients and suppliers, as well as arrange...
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New GM Hired at Darwin Convention Centre
Janet Hamilton will replace Malu Barrios as general manager of the Darwin Convention Centre, a Western Australia venue managed by AEG Ogden. Earlier this year, Barrios left Darwin to serve as general...
View ArticleUpdated Social Media Power 100 Now Available
Our Social Media Power 100 Chart for September 2013 is now available. We've made a few changes to the way we organize the rankings, including adding a new metric called T-Buzz, along with adding new...
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