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Premium Starts with Local
The renovated Kyle Field at Texas A&M. There comes a time when a trend that is ongoing long enough ceases to be a trend and instead becomes a way of life. In the public assembly venue world, those...
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Leadership Advice
Dan Radakovich, director of athletics, Clemson University. Dan Radakovich, director of athletics, Clemson (S.C.) University, shared a keynote message that highlighted the importance of good leadership...
View ArticleIntroducing PAC 8
A PAC 8 preview offered a sneak peek at the new product, with an overview of general structure, user administration and patron account functionality. The web-based product was built on an intuitive...
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Ft. Worth Stock Show Moving Up
Rendering of the new arena planned for Ft. Worth. The old and the new will come together in Fort Worth when a $450-million, multipurpose arena opens in December 2019 just southwest of the Will Rogers...
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True Texas Tall Tales
I Love the 90s was the highest attended show ever at Cedar Park Center near Austin. Texas venues have a story to tell. They have many stories, in fact. Some are high profile while others have their...
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Live Nation Makes Big Concerts Play
Rendering of the new $200-million, 12,000-15,000-capacity arena being built just outside Cape Town, South Africa, which Big Concerts will operate and manage. Live Nation has gone all in on its bid to...
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Getting Millennials to Commit
REPORTING FROM NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Experience began in 2011 with the goal of changing the way people experience live events. On the Experience app, fans can upgrade seats and get backstage or...
View ArticleManagement
Ware Malcomb announced the promotion of Debra Bryant to director, Branding in the firm’s Irvine, Calif., headquarters. With a background in interior architecture and design, including previously...
View ArticleAsk Russ
What do facility operations and engineers need to know about the “insecure internet of things”? In these columns I try and keep the business of operations, engineering and security separate, despite...
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Rock & Brews is Red, White & Blue
Dave Furano, Dell Furano, Gene Simmons, Mike Zsilis and Paul Stanley make up the Rock and Brews founding team. The first thing Paul Stanley has people try when they walk into a Rock & Brews for the...
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Grass-Fed, Ocean View
When Otis Huemmer, Aramark executive chef at the Anaheim (Calif.) Convention Center, visited Hearst Ranch in Central California, he witnessed cows roaming lavender-covered hillsides overlooking the...
View ArticleFilm Returns to Majestic Theatre
The Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas. The venerable Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas has had a wonderful life since the 1,704-seat venue opened on April 21, 1921 as a vaudeville theater. How...
View ArticleHot Tickets for February 3, 2016
The 1975 played Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, on Jan. 19. (Photo courtesy of The 1975) British alternative rockers, The 1975, top out the 5,000-10,000-seat capacity class this week on our Hot Tickets chart...
View ArticleCongratulations 2016 Generation Next award winners!
Thank you to those who nominated and voted for these influential leaders. Venues Today is honoring these young professionals who make a difference in sports, music, conventions, family shows and...
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The Four-Letter F-Word of the Future
The USA Pavilion included a 7,200-sq.-ft. vertical farm. (Photo by Saverio Lombardi Vallauri) Rick Pickering has something to say. The California Exposition and State Fair CEO recently traveled to...
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Nominate for 2016 VT Women of Influence Awards!
We need your nominations! Venues Today magazine is preparing for the eighth annual Venues Today Women of Influence Awards! The chosen women will have made a difference in the sports, entertainment,...
View ArticleHot Tickets for April 6, 2016
Justin Bieber performs at Staples Center, Los Angeles, March 20-23. (Photo by Bernstein Associates) Justin Bieber and his Purpose World Tour are all over this week’s chart, first with a stop at Rogers...
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90's Outing Hits a Sweet Spot
Vanilla Ice performs during I Love the 90s Tour at Cedar Park Center, Austin, Texas. Nostalgia works. Just look at your local amphitheater's summer lineup and it's clear that there's still a huge...
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KICC Going Dark for Two Years
Rendering of the renovated Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville. (Courtesy of EOP and HOK) With $180 million and two years worth of renovations and expansions scheduled for the Kentucky...
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VenuWorks Deal Goes Down in 3 Weeks
U.S. Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington, Ill,welcomed a new management company April 1. The City of Bloomington, Ill., has awarded management of the U.S. Cellular Coliseum to VenuWorks, which assumed its...
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