AXS Implements Philosophical and Structural Changes
Ticketing platform AXS was created in August 2011. Now, it’s time for the next evolution.“It can seem a little complex, but it’s actually not,” Brian Perez, president of AXS Tickets, told Venues...
View ArticleCenterplate's New CEO Focuses on Communication
Earlier this month, Centerplate's Chris Verros officially dropped the 'interim' from his president and CEO title. He has served as the company's COO since 2010, but stepped up in early September...
View ArticleHot Tickets for October 8, 2014
Prior to his first Los Angeles headlining concert in more than 12 years, Sir Elton John is greeted by Goldenvoice's Susan Rosenbluth and Staples Center President Lee Zeidman, Oct. 4. Sir Elton John’s...
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Haertl to Leave SMG
Former Venues Today Hall of Headlines honoree Sarah Haertl is starting fresh, not only leaving her position as SMG regional director of Marketing for BOK Center and Cox Business Center in Tulsa, Okla.,...
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Florida Arena Sets Record
Kenny Chesney brought his Goin' Coastal tour to Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in 2011 and will be back to headline Florida Country Superfest in 2015. The venue drew its largest yearly attendance...
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The Regent Theater Opens in L.A.
The Regent Theater reopened Nov. 7 in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Zane Rossell) The Regent Theater in the historic Bank District of downtown Los Angeles reopened its doors on Nov.7 with the...
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Derby Home Invests in Premium Experience
The latest renovations will focus on new premium spaces. (Rendering by Populous) Officials at venerable horse-racing venue Churchill Downs have announced plans to build 20 private, open-air Winner’s...
View ArticlePromoters Comment on Changing Concert Landscape
Music Farm Productions' Trae Judy, Ken MacDonald of Integrated Management Group, AEG/Goldenvoice's Susan Rosenbluth and Live Nation's Wilson Howard participated in the promoters' panel at SEVT,...
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Earthquakes Partners with Avaya
The $100-million Avaya Stadium is set to open in March 2015. The San Jose Earthquakes announced a 10-year naming rights deal with Santa Clara-based technology company Avaya worth $20 million. After...
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Hot Tickets for December 3, 2014
The Doobie Brothers with Hilary Scott, Jennifer Nettles and Hunter Hayes perform "Listen to the Music" at The 48th Annual CMA Awards live, Nov. 5, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., and...
View ArticleNew Festival Combines Horses and Hooch
Frontstretch Fest will launch with two events in 2015. If you’ve ever been to a horse race, there are likely two things you saw: patrons tossing down their betting slips in disgust after the results...
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VenuWorks Expands Into Theater Production
Aleks Knezevich stars as Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde in the first Touring Theatre Associates co-production. (Photo by Touring Theatre Associates) VenuWorks President Steve Peters is really just a theater...
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Live Nation Announces The Music Factory
Rendering of the new Pavilion at The Music Factory, to be launched in Irving, Texas. (Photo by Live Nation) REPORTING FROM DALLAS — Concert promoter giant Live Nation and partners announced Dec. 3...
View ArticleFrom the Editor
Causes have always been on the agenda for sports and entertainment, but few have taken it as far as the 2014 South Carolina State Fair. Venues Today is about to descend on Columbia, S.C., home of that...
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Talking Points
JOHN HANSCHEN CO-OWNER & PRESIDENT THE MIGHTY THOMAS CARNIVAL, AUSTIN, TEXAS HOMETOWN: I grew up in Minneapolis, Minn., but I’ve lived in Austin, Texas, since 1978. UNIVERSITY: A degree in...
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Giddy Up
A 100,000-sq.-ft. exhibition building designed by Populous is in the works for Ohio Expo Center and State Fair in Columbus. (Rendering by Populous) With another year come more renovations, relocations...
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Capital City, College Town
The South Carolina State House in Columbia. (Photo by Columbia Metro Convention Visitors Bureau) They come from north, south, east and west, which is only fitting when you consider that the state...
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Jimmy Iovine Joins Live Nation
Live Nation Entertainment has appointed Jimmy Iovine to its board of directors as a new independent director. The board will look to use Iovine’s experience and background in the music industry to...
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South American Family Entertainment On the Rise
Feld Entertainment's Disney on Ice: Passport to Adventure ice show is in the middle of an extensive South American tour. It’s not surprising that the number of live family shows is on the rise in South...
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North America Says Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty and her KRU HK dance crew are ready to bring the party to North America. At five apples tall and three apples heavy, Hello Kitty is set to take over North America with the Hello Kitty...
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