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Looping In For Retro-Futuristic Fun
The George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston is featuring Loops through Jan. 6 on the plaza in front of the building. (Houston First Corp.) The George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston has...
View ArticleQuick Food Change For Denver Venues
Fans of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche line up at Pepsi Center in Denver for a game in April. (Getty Images) Kroenke Sports & Entertainment has awarded Legends the food contract at its three Denver...
View ArticleAt Fiserv Forum, A Drink To The Locals
The new bar on the upper concourse at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee serves products from Door County Distillery and Door Peninsula Winery. (Courtesy Milwaukee Bucks) Fiserv Forum now features homegrown...
View ArticleGold And Cold For NHL Winter Classic
Levy's loaded taters, served in a gold football helmet, will warm up hockey fans in South Bend, Ind., on New Year's Day. (Courtesy Levy) Notre Dame football typically plays its final home game in late...
View ArticleLAFC Opening Two New Clubs
The North End Terrace will give ticket holders a chance to feel the passion of the LAFC supporters. (Courtesy LAFC) The first year of Los Angeles FC’s Banc of California Stadium was a watch-and-learn...
View ArticleOVG To Develop University of Texas Arena
The upper deck of the arena will be curtained off with new technology to create an intimate, intimidating home for UT basketball. (Gensler) Oak View Group will privately develop a new arena for the...
View ArticleHOT TICKETS: DEC. 20, 2018
George Strait, shown performing in Texas over the summer, drew more than 36,000 people over two shows in Las Vegas earlier this month. (Getty Images) HOT TICKETS is a weekly summary of the top events...
View ArticleOPENING NUMBER
OK, so maybe they could have come up with a catchier title — “Jersey Boy”? “42nd and E Street”? — but “Springsteen on Broadway” hit all the right buttons. The numbers for Bruce’s residency at the...
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AFTER THE BOSS, WILL RESIDENCIES EXPAND BEYOND LAS VEGAS?
Bruce Springsteen, with wife Patti Scialfa, ended his “Springsteen on Broadway” run Dec. 15 after 236 performances. (Getty Images) The touring version of “Hamilton” is ringing up big numbers at...
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A BIG EASY PLACE TO LOVE
With a name taken from a classic jam by vaunted New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair, Tipitina’s is among the Big Easy’s most beloved venues — so when news broke earlier this year that its ownership...
View ArticleFAST-FOOD CHAIN STRENGTHENS CONNECTION WITH NEW DEAL
A rendering shows the connector that will join Bojangles’ Coliseum (left) and Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, N.C. (Courtesy Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority) When it came time for fried chicken...
View ArticleHOW THE NFL JAGUARS PUT THEIR CITY ON STONES' LIST
Lynyrd Skynyrd plays at TIAA Bank Field on Sept. 2. (Doltyn Snedden) The Rolling Stones have booked their first stadium concert in Jacksonville, Fla., in 30 years, in large part because of the NFL...
View ArticleWILL ARENA PASSES START TO CATCH ON?
Three NBA or NHL teams are busy evaluating monthly subscription products they introduced this season that give fans access to their arenas for every home game. Some passes come with a direct view of...
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MANAGEMENT
Move of the MonthCharles Marino. Chase Center in San Francisco hired Charles Marino as vice president of security. Marino was a partner at Opsec Alliance Partners, has worked with the Department of...
View ArticleMORE STADIUMS NOW COME WITH BATTERIES INCLUDED
Arsenal’s system can run the 60,000-seat Emirates Stadium for a whole match. (Courtesy Arsenal) Two European soccer stadiums have followed a path forged by Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.,...
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HOT SPOT
Coldplay’s Chris Martin jumps above the crowd during a performance at Allianz Parque in 2017. (Getty Images) Think of the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo as a multipurpose stadium with a specialty....
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LIGHTING A FIRE
Rebecca Throne: “When I started it was still kind of the Wild West.” (John Curley) Rebecca Throne got the job of a lifetime by accident. At the peak of the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, she was...
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START ME UP
Jonathan Lack: “In the next year we’ll see more mobile-only for special events. … There will be a huge leap forward in the delivery of tickets.” (Nick Monroe / Fiserv Forum) Jonathan Lack, senior...
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RIGHT FOR THE JOB
Alex Renfrew: "I really like being able to dive in the analytical side." (Courtesy Tsongas Center) Alex Renfrew has a knack for technology, and helping Spectra understand box office analytics is one of...
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KEEPING THEM HAPPY
Christina Allen: "It’s kind of fun going from that high school kid who slept outside for tickets to sitting at the desk at a box office in a venue." (Mandy D’Aloisio Photography) In high school,...
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