Live Nation to Manage New Nashville Amphitheater
Artist rendering of the new Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, Tenn., set to open July 30 with a performance by Eric Church. The city-owned venue is being operated by Live Nation. Live Nation...
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Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Live Nation has announced a new partnership with Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival founders AC Entertainment and Superfly, taking controlling...
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Comcast-Spectacor Rebrands Venue Divisions
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, is the incubator for new Spectra Digital Services and training ground for Spectra Venue Management, formerly Global Spectrum. It’s not official until June 2, but the...
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Savor Expands Offerings at Grand Prix
Servers await the crowd at Beachside Burgers and Brews at the Long Beach Grand Prix. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM LONG BEACH, CALIF. — A 40-foot semi featuring grills, cookers and smokers and themed...
View ArticleRexall Place to be Repurposed
Rexall Place, currently home of the Edmonton Oilers, opened in 1974. Edmonton, Alberta, will not be a two-arena town, at least not major league-sized arenas. That was the recommendation of the...
View ArticleFrom the Editor
Two family show legends are exiting the industry. Vince E. Egan, who founded VEE Corporation to promote Sesame Street Live 35 years ago, left at the top of his game, with his newest creation, Hello...
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Virtual Experience
The XC included a full-working model lounge. REPORTING FROM SACRAMENTO — With views of cranes and pouring concrete right next door, the Sacramento Kings’ Experience Center (the XC) looks over the site...
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Midwest Maneuvering Well
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich., hosted Black Keys. Cold and snow nothwithstanding, sports and entertainment business was hot in the Midwest. This year’s 50 Midwest Top Stops grossed over $264.1...
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Tech Here
Peoria (Ill.) Civic Center Theater. Acting as a ‘teching site’ for shows before they begin their Midwest runs has become something that Peoria (Ill.) Civic Center pursues. The operations bring hotel...
View ArticleHonoring the Exceptional
Centralized box offices, counterfeit tickets, king-sized shows, taking chances and improving nonprofits are involved in the impetus that propelled five people to winning the 2015 INTIX awards,...
View ArticleLETTER FROM Jena Hoffman
The International Ticketing Association’s 36th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Go the Extra Mile was held in Denver this past January. There were over 900 conference participants from around the...
View ArticleLucrative Live Radio
Despite the advent of social media, including YouTube and podcasts, live radio show events continue to have devotees across the country. After 41 years, Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion is...
View ArticleReinventing the Fan Experience
Something as simple as changing the name of the department from Marketing to Fan Experience & Sales can help fans know who to call. That worked at Kansas State University in Manhattan, where Scott...
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Manpower Problem Solved
The Timbre Group in Singapore is experimenting with using drones as servers in restaurants. It’s a drone world, and the unmanned aircraft is no longer just being used by the military — the food and...
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Brava's Star
“Some people think, ‘Why would I have chicken when I have the option to have snapper or short ribs?’ ” explained Ovations Food Services chef Hector Torres of Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center. Although all...
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Talking Points
Gavin Berger President & CEO Spektrix USA CURRENT CITY: New York UNIVERSITY: University of Vermont and grad school at Columbia University FIRST JOB IN THE INDUSTRY: My first big job was working for...
View ArticleCommunity is Key
At Fox Cities Performing Arts Center (FCPAC) in Appleton, Wis., community involvement plays an important role for almost every show performed at the facility. More than 70 percent of the performances...
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Out of the Shadows
Red Bull's Crashed Ice event, with St. Paul's Cathedral as a backdrop, drew 140,000 people to downtown Saint Paul. (Photo by Jeremy Jordan) Red Bull finds Saint Paul, Minn., so dynamic it has brought...
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Q&A > Geoff Jones > CEO of Nine Live, Sydney, Australia
Geoff Jones has been back in the entertainment business for four years now, establishing Nine Live. It is a division of Nine Entertainment Co., a public media company with a market capitalization of $2...
View ArticleAsk Russ
What do public assembly facility operations professionals need to know about hearing loss? I will admit to some selective hearing loss, particularly when my wife wants me to do something productive at...
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