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KAI Names Simmons Managing Partner

KAI Names Simmons Managing Partner

Posted by | Feb 27, 2020 | , ,

Brad Simmons (Courtesy KAI) He’ll lead Architecture & Engineering business KAI Enterprises hired Brad Simmons to the new position of managing partner. Simmons has more than 35 years of regional, national and global experience and had worked collaboratively with KAI on joint projects for the past 20 years through his former employer, Jacobs, and predecessor company, Sverdrup. As managing partner, Simmons will collaborate with KAI Enterprises CEO Michael Kennedy Jr., KAI Enterprises President Darren James and the leadership team on market positioning, industry partnerships, major project pursuits, managing new clients, hiring key employees and strategic business direction. Simmons will provide oversight to the company’s professional services portfolio and lead the Architecture & Engineering business as president of KAI Design. Simmons will divide his time between KAI’s offices in St. Louis, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta.

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Letting the Sun Shine In on Open Club Day

Letting the Sun Shine In on Open Club Day

Posted by | Feb 26, 2020 | , ,

SHOWTIME: Not everyone can make it out for a show at Les Docks in Lausanne, Switzerland, but Open Club Day offers a chance “to humanize the venue.” (LnPixElle Photography) Annual event gives community a look at European venues and the people who run them More than 150 grassroots live music venues across Europe took part in the third edition of Open Club Day. Fifteen countries were represented in total Feb. 1, when the venues opened their doors to offer the public a glimpse into the world of running an independent music venue. VenuesNow reached out to a cross section of participants in Open Club Day 2020 to get their take on this year’s edition. “One of our main goals of participating in such an event and to open our doors during the day is to humanize the venue,” said Jolan Chappaz from Les Docks in Lausanne, Switzerland. “The public can meet… Continue Reading Letting the Sun Shine In on Open Club Day

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Pollstar Announces Data Cloud

Posted by | Feb 6, 2020 | , ,

Subscription service on Google Cloud Platform Marketplace a new way to use box office data Pollstar, sister publication of VenuesNow, on Thursday announced the availability of the Pollstar Data Cloud on Google Cloud Platform Marketplace, providing customers with the ability to view, filter and download reports based on concert box office data from more than 60,000 artists for shows performed over the last five years. Pollstar Data Cloud also unlocks Pollstar’s live entertainment contact database for viewing, filtering and downloading of more than 35,000 listings of key personnel and staff for venues, promoters and talent buyers, artist representatives, and other music industry stakeholders. GCP Marketplace lets users quickly deploy functional software packages that run on Google Cloud Platform. GCP Marketplace allows customers to easily start up a familiar software package with services like Compute Engine or Cloud Storage, with no manual configuration required. With a subscription to Pollstar Data Cloud,… Continue Reading Pollstar Announces Data Cloud

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C3 Presents Signs Deal for New Austin Amphitheater

C3 Presents Signs Deal for New Austin Amphitheater

Posted by | Feb 5, 2020 | , ,

NEW STAR IN TEXAS: The Moody Amphitheater will open in downtown Austin, Texas, in the fall. (Courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners) Live Nation-owned promoter will bring in acts as part of 15-year deal Live Nation-owned C3 Presents has solidified a 15-year agreement to bring touring acts to the Moody Amphitheater, a 5,000-seat venue in downtown Austin, Texas, that is set to open this fall. The agreement between the Austin-based live music and festival company and the nonprofit Waterloo Greenway organization will allow for 35 dates a year beginning in spring 2021. The partnership was not unexpected since C3 got its start promoting the Austin City Limits Festival in nearby Zilker Park. Since its start in 2002 that festival has expanded to two weekends each October and annually brings in more than $250 million in economic activity to the area. In a prepared statement, company co-founder Charles Attal said the new venue… Continue Reading C3 Presents Signs Deal for New Austin Amphitheater

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Stadium Design + Construction: Futurama

Stadium Design + Construction: Futurama

Posted by | Feb 2, 2020 |

GLASS ACT: The suite structure at the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium, built in 2015, adds new layers of hospitality to a vintage building. (Courtesy Heery) Changing preferences and an expanding role for stadiums create new opportunities for designers For most of their existence, there’s been a distinction between stadiums and arenas and the roles they play in sports and entertainment. Increasingly, however, venue architects see stadiums as fulfilling a more expansive role in the community as a host for a perpetual parade of events that range from the epic to the intimate. “Stadiums — some of them, not all of them — are starting to become just like big arenas,” said Mike Holleman, senior vice president at Heery. “So where arenas can book 150 (to) 200 events a year, some of the new stadiums, especially the enclosed ones, are starting to pick up those big acts more. With them… Continue Reading Stadium Design + Construction: Futurama

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