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Management: April 2020

Posted by | Mar 30, 2020 | ,

Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., named Tyler Bates vice president of booking. Bates was director of programming at Ambassador Theatre Group, as well as general manager of Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, N.Y. Stacey Levine Ostro was named general manager of The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. Ostro had been general manager of the Hollywood Palladium since 2013. Sacha Tani has been appointed to the newly created position of private event sales manager at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The position arose from the historic stadium’s $315 million renovation, which included luxury suites and new event spaces in the venue’s Scholarship Tower. Tani was most recently with Universal Studios Hollywood. Centerplate named Gregory Pittman executive chef at the Baltimore Convention Center. ASM Global-operated Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan., promoted three employees: Ben Feekes to senior accounting manager, Lyndsey Cook to marketing and booking manager, and Samantha Faley to… Continue Reading Management: April 2020

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Centerplate Names New Chef in Baltimore

Centerplate Names New Chef in Baltimore

Posted by | Mar 10, 2020 | , , ,

TASTE OF CHARM CITY: Gregory Pittman will oversee food and beverage at the Baltimore Convention Center. (Courtesy Centerplate) Gregory Pittman new executive chef for convention center Centerplate recently announced Gregory Pittman as the executive chef at the Baltimore Convention Center. Pittman comes from Chicago, where he spent three years. While there he oversaw two university food and beverage programs where he led teams of 40-75 employees, and he has more than 10 years of experience leading culinary teams as an executive chef. Pittman is originally from Memphis, Tenn., where he worked with family-owned restaurants from the age of 7. He has an associate’s degree in culinary arts from LeCole Culinaire in Memphis. Centerplate has had the Baltimore Convention Center account since 2009. The complex has 300,000 square feet of exhibition space and 85,000 square feet of meeting space and plays host to more than 140 events a year.

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D.Live’s Brill: Venue ‘No Longer Just a Shell’

D.Live’s Brill: Venue ‘No Longer Just a Shell’

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 | , ,

BRILL THING: “We have to be very flexible, we have to be innovative, we have to know our market,” says Michael Brill. (Courtesy D.Live) Dusseldorf venues chief on how business has changed, what’s next Michael Brill knows what it’s like to shape a city’s live entertainment landscape. After spending 22 years in management positions at SMG Europe, including in the role of senior vice president, Brill joined the management of Düsseldorf, Germany’s sports, events and meeting, incentive, conference and exhibition venues in 2017. Since August 2018, the live entertainment and sports events are handled by the newly formed D.Live, which Brill oversees as CEO. D.Live operates Merkur Spiel-Arena (54,000 capacity), ISS Dome (13,000), Mitsubishi Electric Halle (7,500), Castello Düsseldorf (3,000)and the Alltours open air cinema. In 2019, D.Live joined the OVG International Venue Alliance as founding member (OVG is the parent company of VenuesNow). Brill has been a panelist at… Continue Reading D.Live’s Brill: Venue ‘No Longer Just a Shell’

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ASM Global Names Pappas to Louisville Post

ASM Global Names Pappas to Louisville Post

Posted by | Mar 4, 2020 | , ,

Taki Pappas had been senior talent buyer for National Shows 2 since 2018. (Courtesy ASM Global) He’ll lead event booking at KFC Yum! Center, two other venues ASM Global named Taki Pappas director of event booking and business development for the three properties it manages in Louisville, Ky. Pappas will lead event programming and business development for the KFC Yum! Center, Lynn Family Stadium and Norton Health Sports Athletics & Learning Complex. Pappas has more than 20 years of experience in the sports and entertainment industry and most recently was senior talent buyer for National Shows 2 based in Nashville. Before joining NS2, he spent four years as director of programming at the Durham Performing Arts Center, where his efforts helped the venue win the International Entertainment Buyer’s Association Theatre of the Year honor in 2018. Pappas also worked as the assistant director and talent buyer at the University of Texas’ Bass… Continue Reading ASM Global Names Pappas to Louisville Post

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Live Nation To Be Mann Center’s Exclusive Booker

Live Nation To Be Mann Center’s Exclusive Booker

Posted by | Mar 3, 2020 | , ,

The Presser Foundation Stage in the TD Pavilion has a capacity of more than 14,000, with 4,500 seats under the roof. (Courtesy Live Nation Philadelphia) Multiyear deal will help bring improvements to open-air Philly PAC Live Nation will book shows at Philadelphia’s nonprofit Mann Center for the Performing Arts as part of an exclusive multiyear partnership announced Monday. The length of the deal was not announced, but it comes with options for extensions and takes effect immediately for the Mann’s summer 2020 season. As part of the agreement, the Mann and Live Nation will create new concession choices and enhanced VIP options to enhance the guest experience at the open-air venue. Live Nation will invest in the facility to support a multiyear master plan for improvements and make a yearly charitable contribution to back the Mann’s cultural and arts education mission. Live Nation will also participate in developing new music festivals to fill… Continue Reading Live Nation To Be Mann Center’s Exclusive Booker

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