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Biting into Local Favorites
Chef Joe Nader in Ford Field, Detroit, holds the new nine-inch giant doughnut. New food choices coming to National Football League (NFL) and college football stadiums in the fall range from...
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Combo Breaker
The Burgerizza When Shawn Mattox, Delaware North Sportservice District Manager in Atlanta, and his team get an idea, they do what they call “text-storming.”“Someone will snap a photo and send it to us,...
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One week after we lost Dick Shaff, GM of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, we lost Bill Luther, former manager of the Norfolk (Va.) Scope. Bill died Aug. 8 in Spartansburg, S.C., after a long battle...
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Talking Points
Allie Thomas Event Services Manager Cox Business Center, Tulsa, Okla. WHERE DID YOU GROW UP: Tulsa UNIVERSITY: Oklahoma State University HOW DID YOU GET THE JOB YOU HAVE NOW: After college, I moved to...
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Green Roofs Need Long-Term Planning
Millenium Park in Chicago stands as a street-level green roof atop five stories of below-ground parking. (Photo courtesy of the Millenium Park Foundation) Whether it is a 24.5-acre park or a simple...
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Eccles Theater Brings in Top Bookings
A rendering of the George S. and Delores Dore Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City. After more than six years and $145 million in the making, the 2,500-seat George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater, Salt...
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IN MEMORIAM RICHARD HARLEY (DICK) SHAFF JUNE 13, 1939 — AUG. 2, 2016
Dick and Marilyn Shaff with Fred Corsi, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz., at VenueConnect in 2011 THE MAN WHO NEVER RETIRED Humble is a description that stuck to Dick Shaff, GM of Moscone...
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Brand Names, Family Shows Rule
Pentatonix performs at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It’s been a solid year for Southwest venues. Profits are up and attracting top name talent hasn’t been as tough as it’s been...
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Harm Reduction Has a Voice
Safety, music and education rank as top priorities at the Lightning in a Bottle event in Bradley, Calif. (Photo courtesy of Aaron Glassman) Harm reduction is gaining followers and making more noise in...
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How to Win Against Mold
Mold can find a home in any well-ventilated, moist area and sport a variety of colors. (Photo courtesy of ServiceMaster Restore) There’s no avoiding mold. As one of the most pervasive forms of life on...
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ASK RUSS What are the top challenges that public assembly facility operations and engineering managers face? I do not really look to the public assembly facility industry for innovation. We have great...
View ArticleChina’s EXPO Announces Opening Exhibitions
Exterior of the new Shenyang (China) New World EXPO. The Shenyang New World EXPO (EXPO), northeastern China’s newest meeting and exhibition venue, has announced its exhibition lineup for the venue’s...
View ArticleHot Tickets for August 11, 2016
Kenny Chesney, Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Ore Kenny Chesney has made our chart this week yet again with a stop at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, on his Spread the Love tour, promoted by Messina Touring...
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Pop Ups: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Los Angeles Clippers premium pop-up lounge. Indoor pop-ups have fast become a staple of how to maximize both venue space and revenue; their outdoor cousins are quickly catching up. Both versions have...
View ArticleLast Hurrah For Hara Arena
Hara Arena & Exhibition Center, Dayton, Ohio Hara Arena & Exhibition Center, Dayton, Ohio (Hara Arena) will permanently close its doors Aug. 27 with a comic book & toy show and auction...
View ArticleCooper To Run AEG Facilities Division
Jay Cooper Jay Cooper has been promoted to managing director of the newly created AEG Facilities Global Solutions office. The stand-alone division will provide comprehensive management and planning...
View ArticleN.Y. State Fairgrounds Seeks Private Partner
Front Gate of the New York State Fair, Syracuse, N.Y. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has formed a State Fairgrounds Privatization Task Force to evaluate the benefit of pursuing either full or partial...
View ArticleLive Nation Signs Nashville Exclusive
Nashville Municipal Auditorium Live Nation has sealed the deal as the preferred concert and comedy show provider for the 54-year-old Nashville Municipal Auditorium under a three-year agreement. Bob...
View ArticleAEG Facilities Global Solutions Takes Rome
Rendering of AS Roma Stadium Exterior The new 52,500-seat Stadio della Roma, home of soccer club AS Roma, is on track to be a gamechanger for Southern Europe and AEG Facilities is on board to help make...
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Luther and Shaff Remembered
Industry leaders past, at one of many events celebrating our comaraderie, include Bill Luther, former manager of the Norfolk (Va.) Scope, second from right. With him in this 1980s photo are Ray Ward,...
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