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What do public assembly facility operations professionals need to know about risk? I have been thinking about risk and risk management a lot lately. I have reflected about my time as a facility...
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Just a Farm Boy from Minnesota
The time had come to sell his life’s work and it went down much as it began. Vince Egan, who founded VEE Corporation March 14, 1980, in Minneapolis, with the help of Norwest Growth Fund, sold it to...
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The Business is Hospitality
Aramark's Cuban Pretzel Dog served at PNC Park, Pittsburgh. With a $13-million week of catering and concessions at McCormick Place in Chicago for Savor, 34 new amphitheaters to serve for Legends, and a...
View ArticleConnectivity Is Driving Technology
“First and foremost, technology is as much about capacity and capability, people and resources, as it is about actual technology,” said Sportservice’s John Wentzell. “Today, it is less about bringing...
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Taste of New Orleans
When clients request something that’s authentic Nola, Stephan Blaser, Centerplate’s executive chef at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, knows just the thing. It’s spicy, creamy, meaty and fresh:...
View ArticleSafety and Cleanliness Go Hand-in-Hand
Protecting employees and patrons from blood borne pathogens as well as other transmittable viruses and bacteria often falls directly to the housekeeping staff. Don Rankin and Fernando Gambirazio of...
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Today’s Fans are Foodies with a Social Bent
Edgar's Fish Tacos at Safeco Field in Seattle are indicative of the trend toward shareables and smaller portions. Level of expectation for venue food used to be a cold beer, a hot dog and fresh...
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Rossetti has bulked up its senior design and management staff by bringing on Jerry Attla as a new principal, Kirk Phillips as architecture design lead and Mike Shea as senior project manager. Sara...
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Congratulations 2015 Women of Influence!
Venues Today will feature their accomplishments in the July issue and present awards at our reception during IAVM VenueConnect in Baltimore, Md. on Sunday, August 2nd from 5:30-7pm. 2015 WOI and...
View ArticleFanpics Partners with Staples Center
Fanpics captures fan reactions during the game, which users are able to access via a free app. Fanpics has partnered with its third venue and added two more to the list of partner sports teams through...
View ArticleHot Tickets for June 10, 2015
Ed Sheeran is presented with a gift before his sold-out show at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, by Wendell Reis, event manager, Brian Ohl, general manager, and Bethany Wood, Marketing...
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Huge Houston Festival Relocates in 3 Days
Attendance was 50,000 a day at NRG Park for the relocated Free Press Summer Fest. The seventh annual Free Press Summer Fest music and arts festival in Houston came off without a hitch on June 6-7....
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Gold Medal Products Appoints President
Gold Medal Products Co. has appointed Greg Miller to assume the role of company president. After serving 24 years as the current president, Dan Kroeger will retire from the position and continue in his...
View ArticleComcast Spectacor’s Spectra Stands Alone
Spectra has a new logo and Comcast Spectacor lost the hyphen in the rebranding effort. Comcast Spectacor has announced that its three divisions – Global Spectrum, Ovations Food Services and Paciolan –...
View ArticleMaking Inroads on the Islands
AEG guides Hawaii Convention Center to its most successful year yet. As part of the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s “Meet Hawaii” meetings, conventions and incentive (MCI) team, AEG Facilities, manager of...
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Serving the Belmont Stakes
Centerplate's beef tenderloin sandwich at Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y. Crowds descended on Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on June 6 for a historic Belmont Stakes. The number of attendees didn’t fully...
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Microsoft Enters the Name Game
Microsoft's name adorns Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live as of June 9. Renaming Nokia Theater as Microsoft Theater has been in the works for months as technology nerds from the giant, multinational...
View ArticleHot Tickets for June 17, 2015
Dan DeLuca plays Jack Kelly (center) with the original North American Tour company of Newsies. The production stopped by Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville for an eight-show run in May....
View ArticleKeeping up with Digital Trends
Rae Cline, Ty Nowell, Lisa Bregman and Tim Carr make up a social media panel at EAMC at Loews Hollywood Hotel. (VT photo) REPORTING FROM HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Digital was dubbed the “shiny penny” of the...
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Golden 1 Center Announced
Donna Bland, CEO of Golden 1 Credit Union, announces the naming rights deal at the site of the under-construction Golden 1 Center in Sacramento yesterday (June 16). If you are a card-carrying member of...
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