Things continue to be quiet across the venue landscape, but here are a few things we found happening in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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What do ticketing professionals do when there aren’t any tickets to sell? In 2020, we found the answer to that question: They don’t stand still. An exponentially larger volume of refunds for postponed and canceled shows had to be navigated. At some venues, events trickled back starting in late summer and required the creation and management of socially distanced seating maps. Others stayed quiet but for the buzz of preparation around innovative solutions like touchless ticketing. We again take the opportunity to salute some worthy ticketing pros, for their work both in the previous year and in their many other years of busy and more normal activity in the box office. It’s a pace we all hope to be back to soon. ANN BIHARI, Dallas Cowboys and AT&T Stadium YAHAIRA CARMONA, Nederlander Concerts VALORY DALTON, ASM Global – Chesapeake Energy Arena and Cox Convention Center KATIE DEMPSEY-FISCHER, Milwaukee Bucks and… Continue Reading Ticketing Stars 2021: Don’t Count Them Out
Continue Reading Ticketing Stars 2021: Don’t Count Them Out
Read MoreThought leaders address what just happened and what 2021 may look like Tough times require smart people, so VenuesNow and Pollstar went looking for some of the smartest in the business as the idea of the imminent approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. began to take hold and asked them these questions: 1. In terms of scale and impact, how would you describe 2020 and the current crisis’ challenges and impact on your business? 2. What strategies have you and your businesses implemented and/or are you considering implementing to address these challenges? 3. With vaccinations reportedly on the near horizon, better testing technology, accrediting organizations, industry sanitization and safety protocols being established, a new presidential administration and more, when and how do you anticipate the industry coming back? Their answers to each of the three questions are below. Answers have been edited for clarity and brevity. Kenneth Feld Chairman and… Continue Reading Year End: What the …?
Continue Reading Year End: What the …?
Read MoreASM Global named John Drum general manager of U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Drum served three years as assistant general manager of operations and most recently as the interim general manager at the stadium, home of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. BSE Global, owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, named Adina Erwin general manager of Barclays Center. Erwin most recently was senior vice president of business operations at TD Garden in Boston. In other BSE announcements, Emerson Moore was named executive vice president and chief people officer, Peter Stern executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Jackie Wilson II executive director of diversity and inclusion. Chris Giacalone was named vice president of hospitality at Barclays as well, announced in collaboration with venue operator ASM Global. The Cobb County Recreation Board appointed attorney Joseph B. Atkins to the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority. Atkins fills the unexpired term of Johnny… Continue Reading Management: January 2021
Continue Reading Management: January 2021
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Event combines VenuesNow Conference, Pollstar Live!, Production Live! VenuesNow and Pollstar on Thursday announced Live Week: Reviving Live!, which will combine the VenuesNow Conference, Pollstar Live! and Production Live! Reviving Live! will mark a major step forward in the return of the global live entertainment industry with critical in-person meetings and events June 14-17 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Key figures confirmed to participate in Live Week include Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke, Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw, CAA Music Division Head Rob Light, NIVA/First Avenue Productions President/CEO Dayna Frank, Bandit Lites CEO Michael Strickland, Women Nation President Ali Harnell, TD Garden President Amy Latimer, Cleveland Cavaliers/Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse CEO Len Komoroski, entertainment attorney Berkeley Reinhold, and Roadies of Color United co-founders Bill Reeves, KC Jackson and Dave “5-1” Norman. “Our goal once again is to bring together the most powerful… Continue Reading Live Week: Reviving Live! Set for June 14-17
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