Mobile Moments Are Know, Go, Do, Buy
The theme of this year's WFA Convention was "Fired Up." (Photo by WFA) REPORTING FROM ANAHEIM, CALIF. — You can’t deny the stats. And the stats all point to mobile. In the last year, websites have seen...
View ArticleElephants Move to Florida Farm May 1
Among the elephants performing this year on Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey red and blue units. Elephants have (almost) left the building, a year and a half before originally planned. On Monday,...
View ArticleNew Gun Laws Impact Texas Venues
Laredo (Texas) Energy Arena exercised additional security measures during the WWE event on Jan. 5. (Photo by Laredo Energy Arena) The WWE SmackDown event held January 5, 2016, at the Laredo Energy...
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Johannesburg Venue Juts Out
Clarkson, Hammond and May Live brought their motoring mayhem to Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa, last summer. (Photo by Kierran Allen Photography) Known as the gateway into Johannesburg,...
View ArticleBox Office Stars To be Honored at INTIX
The 37th annual INTIX Conference kicks off in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 20-22. One of the first things on the agenda will be the opening luncheon during which Venues Today presents the 2016 Box Office...
View ArticleHot Tickets for January 14, 2016
The Wombats perform at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Jan. 3. (Photo courtesy of The Wombats) Liverpool native indie rock band, The Wombats, wrapped up their Glitterbug World Tour with a stop in Sydney at...
View ArticleCarol Wallace to Retire
Carol Wallace, president & CEO of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation and a Venues Today Woman of Influence, has announced her retirement effective Dec. 31, 2016. Wallace will retire from...
View ArticleColumbia Center Works Through Advisory
Despite floods and a boiled water advisory, the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center pulled off the plated dinner for 923 on Oct. 13 for the Lexington Medical Center's Women's Night Out. A boiled...
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Talking Points
Melissa Schaaf Director of Marketing Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia HOMETOWN: Pottstown, Pa. UNIVERITY: University of Delaware FIRST JOB IN THE INDUSTRY: Hospitality Coordinator at the Wells Fargo...
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Managing the Iconic Greek Theatre
Securing the food contract at the Greek Theatre for its affiliate Premier Food Services completed the task at hand as SMG waged a successful bid to manage L.A.’s iconic, 100-year-old amphitheater....
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Europe’s Top Stops Expand Options
Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany. Behind the year-end headlines of terrorism and tragedy in Paris, the sports and entertainment business at European venues has continued to thrive and grow. The...
View ArticleFrom the Editor
In newsrooms, life happens and sometimes we’re caught unawares. Returning to the office from Tony Fiori’s Farewell Tour at the OC Fair, Costa Mesa, Calif., honoring the legendary showman who died Nov....
View ArticleName That Venue
Since 2004, The Nelson Mandela Forum has been managed by Associazione Palasport Firenze, a nonprofit association formed by private citizens with over 30 years of experience in the field of public...
View ArticleIreland’s Limerick Concert Hall Coming on Strong
When it comes to university venues, University Concert Hall (UCH), the largest live entertainment and conference venue in the region, is one to watch. Opened in 1993, the facility is located in the...
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The Changing of the Fair Guard
Things seem to be upside down in the fair industry, as are these riders at the South Florida Fair, West Palm Beach, Fla. More than 44 million people attended the Top 50 Fairs in North America, but...
View ArticleVenue Security Back at the Forefront
As 2015 approached the middle of its 11th month, venue owners and operators (and the whole world) got a shocking reminder that public venue security is a very serious concern. In coordinated terrorist...
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Honoring Taylor’s Phenomenal 16 Sellouts
Taylor Swift’s 16th soldout show at Staples Center, Los Angeles, put her in the record books and earned her the first-ever artist banner hanging in the sports-filled rafters of that four-team arena. It...
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SMG’s Library of Tricks
A one-stop shop repository for marketing best practices for 68 arenas, 61 theaters and 13 stadiums within the SMG network may sound like an impossibly large undertaking, but thanks to Jim McCue, SVP,...
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A Banner Moment Birthday
There was a lot to celebrate at TD Garden in Boston this year. To commemorate the arena’s 20th birthday, their recent completion of a two-year, $70-million renovation and in conjunction with parent...
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Spreading the Brooklyn Food News
By offering up an NBA All-Star Taste at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, and taking a sampling to Manhattan via a food truck, Levy Restaurants and the arena accomplished more than one goal. The outreach was...
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