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Investing in Visitors
Minneapolis Convention Center is focusing on green efforts. While the majority of building renovations have to contend with time constraints, there is no rush for this convention center’s refresh. When...
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Racing Into Green
Formula E teams will each outfit two drivers for a total of four Spark-Renault SRT_01E vehicles. (Photo by Formula E) A sport traditionally known for fuel and excess is turning the auto-racing world on...
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The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau has named Tom Albrecht senior National Sales manager. Most recently, he worked at Cobo Center in Detroit as director of Sales. DMCVB has also named...
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Taking the LEED
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the new home of the San Francisco 49ers. (Photo by www.levisstadium.com)“We wanted to be environmentally responsible; it’s sort of a mandate within the Bay Area...
View ArticleThe SMP100 Advisory Board
Social media has become a moving target. It’s an ever-changing world in which a user’s reach can now be dictated by many things, including how many people like a post, how much cash is behind it or...
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All Hail The Champ
The Champ Burger Riding a high from the Omaha Storm Chasers’ 2013 Triple-A national championship win, Ovations Executive Chef John Schow at Werner Park in Papillion, Neb., created the Champ Burger, a...
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Celebrity Chefs Change the Game
Aramark brought in local Chefs Bryan Caswell and Ronnie Killen’s latest venture, Texas Smokehouse, as part of a $1.8-million renovation to the main concourse at Minute Maid Park. REPORTING FROM KANSAS...
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FIU Signs New Naming Rights Deal
The Golden Panthers of Florida International University will be going long on the turf of a newly-named stadium this football season. Formerly dubbed Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium, the university penned...
View ArticleAllstate Arena to Maintain Moniker
Allstate continues a long partnership with local arena in its homestate. (Photo by Allstate Arena) Though it may seem like facilities change names quickly these days, some partnerships prove the test...
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Erie County Fair Celebrates 175 Years
The 'Moo-ternity' ward in the new Agriculture Discovery Center at Erie County Fair in Hamburg, N.Y., proved to be a fairgoer favorite. (Photo by Tom Wolf Imaging) New York’s Erie County Fair in Hamburg...
View ArticleLeiweke Resigns from MLSE
Tim Leiweke accepted the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at Sports, Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow. (VT Photo) After 16 months as CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Tim Leiweke has...
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Partnership Streamlines Bluetooth Ordering at Festivals
Governors Ball NYC Music Festival brought more than 45,000 attendees per day to Randall's Island in New York, where festivalgoers had the option to pay via Bluetooth using the Aloompa app and Appetize...
View ArticleLevy Launches E15, Extends Barclays Center Contract
The Fatty 'Cue BBQ brisket sandwich is a favorite at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Levy Restaurants has recently announced it has launched a new subsidiary focusing on providing analytics to the...
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VenuWorks Subcontracts with Aramark
Cullen Performance Hall is part of the management deal for Aramark at the University of Houston. VenuWorks will manage events there for Aramark. In a reversal of traditional roles, venue management...
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SMG Wins Management of Vikings Stadium
The under-construction Vikings Stadium is set to open in the summer of 2016. In the first private management deal for an National Football League stadium in more than a decade, SMG won a...
View ArticleHot Tickets for August 27, 2014
Mama and baby T-Rex bond during Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular. Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular wrapped eight shows at Bell Centre in Montreal, Aug. 13-18, that grossed...
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Talking Points
Wayne Zronik VP, Facilities & Live Entertainment Air Canada Centre, Toronto HOMETOWN: Brantford, Ont., home of Wayne Gretzky. UNIVERSITY: Wilfrid-Laurier Univ. in Waterloo, Ontario, where I earned...
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Most people don’t know managing venues is a career choice. Of those who find their career in the industry, 90 percent stumbled in through sports, music, meetings or performing arts doors. A very few...
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Partnership Brings Promise
Meridian Credit Union secured naming rights to Meridian Centre for 25 years. As the $50-million Meridian Centre prepares to open St. Catharines, Ontario Mayor Brian McMullan for feeling just a little...
View ArticleSioux Falls Foodie
The symmetry between the existing Sioux Falls Convention Center, arena and new Denny Sanford Premier Center extends to the foodservice program. Ovations Food Services is the food and beverage...
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