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Carbonhouse's New Hire
Venue website, mobile and social solution company carbonhouse has hired Taylor Pannullo to the team. Pannullo will serve as regional Sales and account manager - North America. For the last eight years,...
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Historic San Jose Venue Gets New Name
City of San Jose (Calif.) Councilmember Sam Liccardo; Karolyn Kirchgesler, CEO of Team San Jose; Chris Warmuth, President, City National Bank; Wynonna Judd, country music superstar; Alex Hodges, CEO...
View ArticleGreen Bay Convention Center Expands
Rendering for the expanded KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wis. The Wisconsin city of Green Bay is known for its Packers National Football League team, but will soon also be hosting larger-sized...
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Hot Tickets for December 11, 2013
Promo spot for UFC Fight Night: Hunt Vs. BigfootUltimate Fighting Championships first foray into Brisbane with UFC Fight Night: Hunt Vs. Bigfoot appears to be a success, grossing over $1.5 million in...
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Teri Orton to head up Hawai‘i Convention Center
Teri Orton AEG Facilities has named Teri Orton as general manager of the 1.1 million-sq.-ft. Hawai‘i Convention Center located at the entrance to Waikïkï, O‘ahu. She will join AEG on Dec.18 and AEG...
View ArticleIAFE Celebrates Its Own at Las Vegas Convention
Jerry Hammer accepts the IAFE Hall of Fame award while his family looks on, including his brother Bob, sister-in-law Leanne, daughter-in-law Stephanie, son Matt, wife, Deb, daughter Laura, and...
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Beer Fests are new Money Maker for Fairgrounds
Fairs are known for being family friendly, but that doesn’t mean that alcohol-related events can’t coexist as part of the fair and help bring in important demographics. Fairs around the country have...
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Cal Sells Field Naming Rights to Kabam
Software maker Kabam bought the naming rights to the football field at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., in a record deal. When the University of California Golden Bears football team comes out of...
View ArticlePanelists Upbeat on Opportunities for Women
Venues Today Women of Influence: Class of 2013 panel was moderated by Venues Today Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Linda Deckard and included winners Maureen Ginty with SMG, Adina Erwin with the Fox...
View ArticleAEG Takes Over Management of LACC
Outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. AEG has officially taken the keys to the Los Angeles Convention Center and brought with them a number of new executives and third-party contractors to assist...
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The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland, Australia, has announced three new appointments to its management team. Keith Bazley will serve as executive manager of property...
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The Hot Block
Gerald Bolton prepares his scallop dish. For Gerald Bolton, executive chef at The Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y., food preparation isn’t necessarily about what’s practical—rather, it’s about what’s...
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Putting their Fate in the Plate
Tim Ryan and his team skated into the Hall of Headlines with a new, in-house concessions concept. (Photo by Greg Dohlen) No matter how much you prepare yourself, there’s always one requisite feeling...
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Going 50/50 100 Percent of the Time
Pointstreak and Comcast-Spectacor earned the 2013 Venues Today Hall of Headlines Award in the Marketing category. (Photo by Greg Dohlen) When it comes to sports cities, they don’t show up any more...
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Check-In at Horse Hotels
Trucks converge on Lot 7 at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver. It’s 4 a.m. and the headlights keep coming, trucks and trailers arriving at one designated gate and directed to the assigned...
View ArticleFrom the Editor
The year 2013 ended as it began, with speculation as to what happened and what happens next with a dethroned industry leader. On Monday, Dec. 2, Peter Luukko resigned his position as president and COO...
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Birthday Bookings
John Bolton and Jeff Nickler celebrate BOK Center's fifth anniversary. (Photo by Greg Dohlen) BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., had hosted huge celebrations for both its grand opening and first Anniversary,...
View ArticleBrand Brasilero
Many festivals claim to be the biggest or the best, but when it comes to global reach and audience, it's hard to argue with Brazil's Rock in Rio. Launched in 1985 by entrepreneur Robert Medina, the...
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Year-End Successes
The Rolling Stones performed at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2012. (Photo by Errol Anderson) Grosses are up overall in the Year-End Top Stops report, which features more international...
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Where Are They Now?
Stanford's Bing Concert Hall, Palo Alto, Calif. (Photo by Jeff Goldberg) With few glitches and successful debuts, Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., Nashville’s Music City Center, Stanford...
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