Strategy For Super Bowl Bookings
City Winery Atlanta's concert venue can play host to seated private events for up to 350 people. (citywinery.com) When the Super Bowl lands in town, so do scores of celebrities, athletes,...
View ArticleVeterans Drive Ballpark Naming Rights
A rendering shows what the Seattle Mariners' T-Mobile Park will look like once new signs and lighting have been installed. (Courtesy Seattle Mariners) The three Major League Baseball teams that...
View ArticleClippers Interview Builders For Arena
Temporary offices for AECOM Hunt/Turner Construction at the Inglewood stadium site, seen in 2018. (Don Muret / Staff) In their effort to hire a construction firm to build their new arena, the NBA’s Los...
View ArticleGoldstar Adds Eventbrite To Platform
Discount ticket platform Goldstar has chosen Eventbrite to be its ticket support provider. Goldstar and Eventbrite have formed a partnership that will see Eventbrite embed its ticketing capabilities...
View ArticleBack In A Familiar Atmosphere
Nicolas Duhamel. Nicolas Duhamel has returned to MDG as marketing manager and European business development director. The company provides fog, haze and atmosphere generators to productions and venues....
View ArticleInside Super Bowl Music Fest
Cardi B. and Bruno Mars, shown performing at the 2018 Grammy Awards, will be the big attraction on the third night of music at Atlanta's State Farm Arena. (Getty Images) Music has been an integral part...
View ArticleINTIX Salutes Forlini With Spira Award
VenuesNow Ticketing Stars Alex Renfrew of Spectra/Tsongas Center, Jonathan Lack of the Milwaukee Bucks and Christina Allen of the Ottawa Senators/Canadian Tire Centre. (Courtesy INTIX) INTIX presented...
View ArticlePollstar Live! Gets Grohl-Rapino Pairing
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will appear in conversation with Live Nation President and CEO Michael Rapino at this year's Pollstar Live! conference, which takes place Feb. 11-13 in Los Angeles....
View ArticleLike Magic, Cirque Buys Illusionists
An act from The Illusionists, the best-known franchise of The Works Entertainment. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group paid a reported $40 million to acquire the company. (Courtesy Cirque du Soleil...
View ArticleSavona Returns to Iowa
Tim Savona. Spectra named Tim Savona to be the new general manager of Sioux City, Iowa's Tyson Events Center and Orpheum Theatre. Savona started his career with Spectra in 2009 at the Iowa Events...
View ArticleNFL Makes Use Of New Drone Laws
John Skinner, Major League Baseball vice president of security and facility management, speaks on a panel at the Stadium Managers Association seminar this week in Hollywood, Fla. (Don Muret / Staff)...
View ArticleHOT TICKETS: FEB. 7, 2019
Elton John performs during his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Two music legends that hit it big in the 1970s topped our 10,001-...
View ArticleSome Stadiums Ready For More Football
Stadiums hosting the four inaugural Alliance of American Football games this weekend have been busy prepping fields, changing signs and stocking venues with merchandise. The start-up pro football...
View ArticlePacnet Ready For A Breakthrough
The Paciolan leadership team at Pacnet '18 (from left): Christian Lewis, vice president of business development; Keith White, chief technology officer; Steve Demots, chief revenue officer; Kim Damron,...
View ArticleRams Push Boundaries For VR
Animation from the new virtual reality experience created by Tangerine Apps shows how prospective buyers will be able to explore the new stadium. (Courtesy Los Angeles Rams) The Los Angeles Rams came...
View ArticleAEG Facilities, SMG Announce Merger
AEG Facilities and SMG, the two biggest players in the management of sports and entertainment venues, announced Thursday that they have formed a definitive merger. The name of the new entity is ASM...
View ArticleHOK, Arquitectonica Get Miami Soccer Job
Arquitectonica created this rendering of the Freedom Park stadium, released last year. (Courtesy Inter Miami FC via MLS.com) HOK and Arquitectonica, the design team for AmericanAirlines Arena, are...
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 ArticleHOK, Arquitectonica Get Soccer Job
Arquitectonica created this rendering of the Freedom Park stadium, released last year. (Courtesy Inter Miami CF via MLS.com) HOK and Arquitectonica, the design team for AmericanAirlines Arena, are...
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