Hot Tickets for July 19, 2016
Celine Dion at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. (Photo Credit: Denise Truscello) Celine Dion is halfway through her Summer Tour 2016 and has made our chart for runs in Belgium and France before heading...
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McClaine New Albany Capital Center GM
Doug McClaine Doug McClaine has been promoted to general manager of Albany (N.Y.) Capital Center by SMG. McClaine will oversee all management responsibilities, facility sales, finance, event...
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Las Vegas Hockey Bets on McPhee
New GM George McPhee and New Team Owner, Bill Foley George McPhee has been named general manager of the new Las Vegas hockey team which will play at T-Mobile Arena. McPhee spent 17 years as general...
View ArticleNS2 Partners with Carolina Theatre
Fletcher Hall at Carolina Theatre of Durham. Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. and National Shows 2 (NS2) entered into an exclusive partnership that means the two organizations will co-promote at least...
View ArticleTim Leiweke Added as RISE Keynote
Tim Leiweke, right, in 2012 when named Lifetime Achievement Award winner at Sport, Entertainment & Venues Tomorrow in Columbia, S.C., with that year's Pioneer Award Winner Michael Cohl, SBN2. (VT...
View ArticleHoliday Weekend Crowds Cap Successful Fair
Working to Give CEO Matt Holguin and his cousin Camille Crutcher, Grand Champions of the Alameda County Fair’s 3rd Annual Snackdown, with their Churro-Gelato Sandwich. (Photo by Alameda County...
View ArticleSignalShare Files Bankruptcy
SignalShare, one of the first installers and operators of WiFi networks in large sports and entertainment venues, has declared bankruptcy. Their clients include Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif.; Joe...
View ArticleL.A. Memorial Coliseum Ready for Rams
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena) As daunting as the task of hosting a National Football League franchise team might...
View ArticleOperations Smooth for RNC Site Staff
Comparing arena operations to hosting the Republican National Convention this week was simple for Quicken Loans Arena VP of Operations Matt Miller: “It’s less stress and the same amount of work.”...
View ArticleBigtree Gets Big Investment
BookMyShow, India’s market-leading ticketing service, has secured INR 550 crores ($80 million) in funding. It’s the largest capital investment the nine-year-old company has received. BookMyShow is a...
View ArticleGetting to Know Brad
Brad Mayne has to get more than the 24 hours a day that other people get. How else do you explain how a man can take on prominent professional roles, participate in numerous civic volunteer positions,...
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History Buff Makes History
Jimmy Earl is rolling as he rattles off the names of individuals who have received the Charles A. McElravy Award. It is the public assembly venue industry’s most prestigious award, named after one of...
View ArticleQ&A > MICHAEL MARION > INCOMING IAVM 2ND VICE CHAIR & VERIZON ARENA GM
Michael Marion has became one of the familiar names in the venue world after starting his career with Triad Artists in the 1980’s and eventually settling into his role as general manager of the...
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Minneapolis' Crown Jewel Sparkles
Interior of new U.S. Bank Stadium. (Photos Credit: Andy Kenutis, Minnesota Vikings). With a $1.13 billion price tag, Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium is the state’s largest construction project to date...
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Culture Grows Along With Sports
Target Field, Minneapolis, home to Minnesota Twins. Since the untimely death of Minnesota’s native son Prince, business at First Avenue, the Minneapolis venue frequented by the icon and made famous as...
View ArticleFrom the Editor
Mentors make all the difference. Good ones often take you uphill. In the last years of his life, I’d talk to my dad about his career and it all came back to Cecil Goode, his mentor as a young man....
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Talking Points
TYLER RUNYON CONCESSIONS MANAGER AT BB&T BALLPARK SPECTRA FOOD SERVICES AND HOSPITALITY, CHARLOTTE, N.C. HOMETOWN: Greensboro, N.C. UNIVERSITY: Appalachian State and University of North Carolina...
View ArticleA Foodie Mecca
Local fare and offerings from the city’s top eating establishments are hallmarks of U.S. Bank Stadium’s foodservice program, which has been led by Regional Executive Chef Robert Flowers and Aramark’s...
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The Lucky, Passionate Promoter
A lot of young people choose a career while in college, but not quite as passionately and purposefully as Ali Harnell did. She vividly recalls the moment in time the light dawned. Her freshman year in...
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Expanding on the Dream
Michelle Swann, the general manager and CEO of Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority, Atlanta, always loved live entertainment. After graduating from Niagara Falls (N.Y.) University, she...
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