BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY
The first test of Aramark’s Brew2You in-seat ordering systems using Apple Business Chat proved a success. Aramark now has plans for additional pilot programs for the system, all with the goal of...
View ArticleBEST SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE
Miller Park executive chef Seth VanderLaan with the ballpark’s biodigester. (Courtesy Delaware North Sportservice) When Delaware North Sportservice installed a new BioHiTech Global biodigester at the...
View ArticleA LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
Kenny Chesney plays on a June night during this year’s Trip Around the Sun tour, which grossed nearly $115 million. (Jill Trunnell) Mark Donovan panicked. Country superstar Kenny Chesney, as usual, was...
View ArticleGRAND ENTRANCE
Fans outside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (Courtesy Milwaukee Bucks) The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t set out to build the finest arena, but team executives think they came pretty darn close to it.“We did not...
View ArticleBUCKS ARE READY TO CRANK UP THE MUSIC AT THEIR NEW PLACE
Fiserv Forum officials are taking full advantage of the arena’s honeymoon period. The new arena run by the Milwaukee Bucks has booked more than two dozen concerts over the next 10 months, far...
View ArticleIT'S NOT THE SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE
Andrea Bocelli’s first concert in Charlotte was a big success for Spectrum Center. (Brock Williams Smith) Some of the most successful Southeastern venues are finding new opportunities outside of the...
View ArticleHOLLYWOOD LIGHTS UP THE DARK DAYS
A Steve Martin-Martin Short show at Peace Center Concert Hall became a Netflix special. (Getty Images) Venues in the Southeast are finding a somewhat unexpected windfall from the film and television...
View ArticleTECH IS STILL THE TALK
Improving technology access is a major issue in convention center design and management today, said Michael Winters, principal and director of design and interiors at Fentress Architects, particularly...
View ArticleCREATING SPACE
The Miller Lite Vibe Room at Verizon Arena has provided “a nice little bump.” (Courtesy Verizon Arena) The 5,000-square-foot Miller Lite Vibe Room, an upsell for ticketholders at Verizon Arena in North...
View ArticleWELCOME TO THE BOOMTOWN
State Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in Atlanta got a big renovation and a longer name. (Courtesy Live Nation) The Southeastern markets in the Carolinas and Georgia have been booming over the past...
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HUMAN SCALE
A step up: The Washington State Convention Center’s $1.7 billion expansion will add more than 400,000 square feet of space. (LMN) For years, the people who fill convention centers have been changing...
View ArticleTHE DYNAMICS OF DYNAMIC PRICING
When Ticketmaster put tickets on sale for Taylor Swift’s Reputation stadium tour, it used a system of dynamic or flex pricing in which the value is tied to algorithms based on supply and demand. Some...
View ArticleTHAT WAS THEN, AND THIS IS NOW: INTIX AT 40
1979 was the year! Milwaukee was the place and Patricia G. Spira, then box office manager at the performing arts center, was miffed. And so was Richard Carter over at the Minnesota Orchestra Hall....
View ArticleBIG ADDITION
The I Love the ‘90s Tour played the Cowlitz Ballroom on April 22, only a little more than two weeks after it opened at Ilani in La Center, Wash. Other acts that have played the venue include Little Big...
View ArticleACROSS THE SEA FROM L.A., HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE
Santa Catalina Island’s historic casino is one of Southern California’s hidden treasures. While it doesn’t offer gambling — Catalina Casino takes its name from the Italian word meaning “gathering...
View ArticleDRAKE TAKES MANHATTAN — AND BROOKLYN, TOO
Drake, on the road with Migos, had a nice run at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center. (Getty Images) Drake is out of the gate with his Aubrey & the Three Migos tour, which launched in August...
View ArticleNY AND METLIFE STADIUM ♥ CHESNEY
Country artists that can sell out stadiums are rare, especially if those stadiums aren’t in classic country territory. Kenny Chesney can boast that his highest-grossing single-show stop was at a New...
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View ArticleFor Vancouver, A New Vintage
The interior of Lot185 Café + Wine Bar, the latest addition to the Vancouver Convention Centre. (Courtesy Centerplate) European flair has come to Vancouver (British Columbia) Convention Centre, in the...
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Flores Returns To McAllen
Yajaira Flores. The city of McAllen, Texas, has hired Yajaira Flores as director of the McAllen Convention Center facilities, which includes the McAllen Convention Center, McAllen Performing Arts...
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