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Life Is Beautiful Festival Expands
Life is Beautiful festival Founder Rehan Choudhry. (VT Photo) If you’re going to roll the dice, what better place to do it than Las Vegas? That’s the thinking behind the second edition of the Life is...
View ArticleScotiabank Scores Naming Rights in Halifax
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, Scotiabank Sr. VP of the Atlantic Region Craig Thompson, and President and CEO of Trade Center Limited Scott Ferguson celebrate the naming rights deal. (Photo by Mike...
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Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Gets A Major Upgrade
A rendering of the reimaged Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. (Photo by Populous) The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents recently approved a proposal from the OU Athletics department...
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Keeping Tech in Check Improves the Experience
BizBash's Anna Sekula speaks with Bounce-AEG's Carleen Cappelletti about the use of technology at events. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES — It’s easy to be dazzled by the latest and greatest in...
View ArticleOvations Wins Another Family Fair
Serving food and drink at family-fun events is a specialty for Ovations Food Services. That, along with the fact they have another account in town, made winning a five-year contract with a five year...
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F&B Key to Enhancing the Suite Experience
The mad scientists (aka chefs) from Delaware North Companies Sportservice create glow-in-the-dark cupcakes and ice cream made from liquid nitrogen at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. (VT Photo)...
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Industry Insiders Speak: Dodgers v. Bryan Stow
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (VT Photo) It’s been lingering since March 31, 2011. On that opening day for Major League Baseball’s Dodgers, held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, two attendees in...
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Sauers Forms a New Consulting Firm
After 14 years with Comcast-Spectacor in Philadelphia, Mich Sauers has again launched his own firm – Global Facility Solutions Associates, based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Global Facility Solutions...
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XL Center Renovations Make Strides
Rendering of the view from the new fan club at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. (Photo by Global Spectrum) XL Center in Hartford, Conn., has started a $35-million renovation to extend the life of the...
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After World Cup, MLS Looks Forward
Clint Dempsey of the Seattle Sounders played an integral part on the U.S. Men's National Team. He also played an important role in Major League Soccer's branding strategy for the 2014 FIFA World Cup....
View ArticleAll-Star Game Hits Home Run for Target Field
Logo for the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Target Field may have opened four seasons ago but, for all intents and purposes, its grand debut to baseball fans across the country came this...
View ArticleHot Tickets for July 23, 2014
Artists and cast from the steampunk-inspired Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities, celebrate Cirque du Soleil's latest debut. (Photo by Martin Girard/Cirque du Soleil) Cirque du Soleil's latest Big Top...
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AEG Partners with Samsung Across Properties
Fans hold Samsung Galaxy phones to NFC-enabled signage to participate in the Samsung Galaxy Owner's Experience at AEG venues. (Photo by Samsung Electronics) Everyone loves something that’s free. AEG...
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NAC Looks at the Healthy Side of Indulgence
Dan Borschke of the National Association of Concessionaires joined the State of the Industry panel with John Fithian of National Association of Theatre Owners, Dan Matthews of National Automatic...
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Sports Consumers Support Green Initiatives
Scott Jenkins, chairman of GSA and GM of the New Atlanta Stadium for the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, greeted attendees at the Green Sports Alliance Summit. (Photo by Rielle Photography)...
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Saenger Theater Kills It With Broadway
The exterior lobby has been enclosed and repainted to look like the original, a two-year endeavor. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM NEW ORLEANS — His pride in accomplishment and in the historic venue he...
View ArticleZeidman Promoted to President
Newly-promoted President Lee Zeidman overlooks Staples Center and Nokia Theater, L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Calif. With growth comes division of responsibility and sometimes duplication of effort, which...
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Final Curtain: Louis “Red” Klotz
Player, Coach and Owner Red Klotz (far left) leads the Washington Generals in this undated photo from the late 50s. His No. 3 jersey would later become the only non-Harlem Globetrotters jersey to be...
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All Eyes on Bedier
As she reflects on her distinguished career in public venue management, Kim Bedier notes that she started her career through city employment in 1992 and is now working for a city again. You might say...
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Talking Points
KIM LEAVITT PALMIERI DIRECTOR OF FOOD ADMIN & MARKETING RAY CAMMACK SHOWS HOMETOWN: Phoenix, which is still home-base. UNIVERSITY: Undergrad at Arizona State University in Tempe, with a master’s...
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