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The exterior of the Woodward Theatre, a 650-seat venue renovation project that will resotre the 100-year- old Vudeville Theater back to a performance space — it's currently an antique store....
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(((Ask Russ)))
What do arena and theater managers need to know about seats? This is a question that comes up quite a bit in VSG’s facility condition assessment work so I reached out to one of the industry’s most...
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Two Global Spectrum employees have been promoted to the team in Hartford, Conn., where the company operates XL Center. Erin Bilton will serve as director of Marketing. Previously, she spent three...
View ArticleFood is For the Fan
Determining what the fan wants is all about analytics in today’s sports and entertainment food service industry. What used to be instinct and intuition is now data-driven and the key is interpreting...
View ArticleVenues on the Rise
As we focus on follower growth for this month’s issue, we’ve identified four venues that are poised to make big jumps in 2013. Besides tracking follower count and short term and long term growth on...
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A Troubadour’s Trek
Bob Dylan There’s a very good reason critics have come to refer to Bob Dylan’s 25-year string of hard-core troubadour roadwork as the “Never Ending Tour.” The 71-year-old folk rock legend has been...
View ArticleH-2B Crucial to Carnivals
A fight over the way the U.S. hands out temporary worker visas could cause big headaches for carnivals, some that hire more than 200 foreign workers on temporary visas. A proposed change to the...
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Final Curtain: Barry Fey, 74, Denver Promoter & Author
Barry Fey (right) is seen here with publicist Phil Lobel prior to a Rolling Stones concert at Folsom Stadium, Boulder, Colo., July 16, 1978. An outpouring of support from both artists and music...
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Setting the Stage
(Photo by Rob Harris) When theatergoers visit the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Fla., the show starts before they enter the theater. Executive Chef Benito D’Azzo creates...
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WFA’s Feature Fair Welcomes Interim CEO Amid Construction
A sunset at OC Fair 2012. (VT Photo) The OC Fair's long line of short-stint CEOs traces back to 2007 when Becky Bailey-Findley left as CEO of Orange County Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa,...
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Kid-Friendly Country Festival
Karen Rappaport McHugh overseeing her Half-Pint Hootenanny. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM INDIO, CALIF. — The Stagecoach music festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., April 26-28, has become an...
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New Name, New Look
A rendering of the new seating bowl for State Farm Center, designed by AECOM. The iconic Assembly Hall at University of Illinois in Champaign opened its doors in 1963. For the first time in its...
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AEG Ogden Adds Execs
Steve Hevern AEG Ogden has made executive changes at a number of venues around Australia, making six senior executive appointments. All six are long-time members of the AEG Ogden family, which now...
View ArticlePlaytime with Design at PlayhouseSquare
A rendering of the new design, complete with arches. Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare is undergoing a major renovation that will give the historic 90-year-old theater district a new look and feel. And, if...
View ArticleHot Tickets for May 8, 2013
Tool plays at Roskilde (Denmark) Festival. (Photo by Denuo)Tool hit the ground running in Australia. The band has played six dates in the country and still has two more to go. The Australian Tour...
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Designs For New Atlanta Stadium Released
A rendering of one of the proposals for the new stadium, which has a retractable roof that opens like a camera aperture. The design was based on the Pantheon in Rome. (Photo by 360 Architects) When 360...
View ArticleVenues Revamp Emergency Prep After Boston Attacks
Thushan Rajapaksa from StaffPro and Danielle Eduardo from Staples Center, Los Angeles, served as panel moderators during IAVM's Southern California Chapter VII Meeting at Club Nokia in Los Angeles....
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Nederlander Signs Galen Center
Inside Galen Center, Los Angeles. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES — Nederlander Concerts has landed a booking contract for Galen Center near the campus of the University of Southern California in...
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Industry Association Launches in Scotland
There’s a new association growing in the United Kingdom. Though Scotland’s live event industry has been expanding, the country has been without an association to represent industry professionals. Based...
View ArticleBroken Spoke Adds Star Power To Sturgis
Sturgis (S.D.) Pool Party inside the Broken Spoke Campground. The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota is already a feast for the eyes and ears. The annual gathering of nearly 500,000 (Aug....
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