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AudienceView Adds Franco
Lawrence Franco. Events and entertainment e-commerce software provider AudienceView has appointed Lawrence Franco to be its chief operating officer. Franco was president for North America for IT and...
View ArticleHOT TICKETS: NOV. 29, 2018
André Rieu, shown performing during a German TV show, filled seats in Sydney this month. (Sebastian Widmann) Proving that music of all kinds has a place in the modern live-event world, classical...
View ArticleMinneapolis Warms Up For Final Four
Workers lay down the basketball court for this weekend's U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic. (Courtesy SMG / U.S. Bank Stadium) U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis will play host to its first basketball...
View ArticleA's Redevelopment Double Play
Renderings show the proposed Howard Terminal ballpark and a reuse plan for the current Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. (Courtesy Oakland A's X5) Major League Baseball’s Oakland A’s did more than...
View ArticleChicken Brand Buys Two-Piece Deal
Bojangles' Coliseum (left) and Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, N.C., are being joined by a connector, shown in a rendering. The project is scheduled to be completed next fall. (Courtesy CRVA) When it...
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Congratulations 2019 Ticketing Star Award Winners!
Ticketing is an art. It needs organization; a delicate touch to pull off without major hitches; a whole lot of sweat; and superstar to manage it all. This year brought four such superstars to the...
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100 Intel Shooting Star drones joining the Rockettes in the finale of this year’s “Christmas Spectacular at Radio City.”20 Pieces in the “Mannheim Steamroller Christmas” orchestra.41 Years since the...
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AFTER 110 YEARS, NEW AGAIN IN PHILADELPHIA
Worked continued on the Metropolitan Opera House recently before its reopening as The Met Philly, scheduled for Dec. 3. (Courtesy Live Nation Philadelphia) Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Opera House has...
View ArticleTALKING POINTS: DARREN PFEFFER
Queens College, radio station Z100 and the Garden — Darren Pfeffer is Big Apple to the core. (Courtesy MSG)What did you think you would do when you were a kid? I always wanted to make a career in the...
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MANAGEMENT
MOVE OF THE MONTHStubHub appointed Greg Mrva as its chief financial officer. Mrva was most recently managing director of Global Internet Banking at Morgan Stanley and global head of Internet investment...
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COLLEGES''NEW' ARENAS COME EQUIPPED WITH MEMORIES
Welsh-Ryan Arena at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. HOK was the project designer. (Courtesy Northwestern University) College basketball is in full swing, and at three schools — Houston,...
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POPULOUS’ EQUESTRIAN WORK WILL GET A GLOBAL AUDIENCE
The view from a VIP chalet at the expanded Fair Hill equestrian venue in Maryland, shown in a Populous rendering. Two major equestrian venues in two states are being re-created by Populous, and both...
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LIGHTING SYSTEM OFFERS CLOUD-BASED UPGRADES
The Lumadapt LED Sports Lighting System on display at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. (Courtesy Ephesus Lighting) When the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning started looking to upgrade their 7-year-old lighting...
View ArticleRECRUITING TIP OF THE MONTH
CEO, COO, CTO … the list goes on. For those who are career-oriented, have lofty goals, and are ambitious, the C-suite is the target. Once you land that coveted role at a prominent organization, how...
View ArticleWHAT'S IN THE BOWL? FOOD FROM SODEXO AND LUCQUES
The Hollywood Bowl food scene has been transformed since Sodexo took over F&B in 2015. (Courtesy Centerplate) The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles’ 96-year-old open-air concert landmark, has a long...
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ECONOMIC OVERDRIVE
Ed Sheeran, who once opened stadium shows for Taylor Swift, had a record-breaking year, headlining stadiums across the globe. (Getty Images) Flush times lead to full tills. During a year when tax cuts...
View ArticleQ&A: JOSE LUIS ESPARZA
Foro Sol in Mexico City, set up for a Bruno Mars concert in February. (Courtesy Foro Sol) Mexico city’s foro Sol sits atop our end-of-year Top Stops chart for 2018 after reporting total tickets sold of...
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GAMBLING: ALL IN
The Caesars Club, shown in a rendering, will be a premium club at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (Courtesy Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment) The focal point of sports betting at arenas sits...
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FOOD AND BEVERAGE: YOU DONE WITH THAT?
About a dozen items, including hot dogs and pretzels, are “street priced” at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium for every event in the building. (Getty Images) The halo board and petal-like retractable...
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TICKETING: ENTRY LEVELERS
Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee opened this year designed for paperless entry to its events. (Don Muret / Staff) The only thing certain about the future of the multibillion-dollar ticketing industry is it...
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