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Township Keeps the Music Playing

Township Keeps the Music Playing

Posted by | Aug 27, 2020 | , ,

The shows have gone on in the township of Woodbridge, N.J., after a plan was developed to do them all outside Woodbridge High School with physical distancing measures. “We played around with some different designs and decided to draw 9-foot-square boxes 6 feet apart,” organizer Bill Brandenburg said.

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‘A New Kind of Purpose for the Campus’

‘A New Kind of Purpose for the Campus’

Posted by | Aug 27, 2020 | , ,

Boise State University students maintain social distance in one of two classrooms opened at ExtraMile Arena. (Courtesy Boise State Arena) Boise State arena, PAC emerge from shutdown with an academic mission There are butts in seats once again in ExtraMile Arena at Boise State University, but the draw this week wasn’t Metallica or Elton John, Keith Urban or Blake Shelton — all acts that have played the 13,400-capacity venue, which is home to the school’s men’s and women’s basketball and women’s gymnastics teams. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the arena, which in the past has been used for commencement ceremonies, convocations and similar events, has been repurposed to house two classrooms in a physically distanced setting for the school term that began Monday. Also being used this fall for academic purposes — in this case, theater classes — is the Boise, Idaho, campus’ 2,000-plus-seat Morrison Center for the Performing… Continue Reading ‘A New Kind of Purpose for the Campus’

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Clean Break: How Janitorial Service Is Changing at Venues

Clean Break: How Janitorial Service Is Changing at Venues

Posted by | Aug 25, 2020 |

GLOBAL CONCERN: Jani-King disinfects the seating bowl at Globe Life Field, new home of MLB’s Texas Rangers. (Courtesy Jani-King International) Jani-King’s Borland: Increase in vigilance will be permanent Jani-King International’s vice president of corporate operations, Scott Borland, is responsible for directing a team of operations advisers who support the company’s regional offices while providing assistance to the firm’s dozens of master regions. His specialty is designing and implementing cleaning programs for large sports venues. Borland spoke with VenuesNow after a visit to the University of Florida in Gainesville, where Jani-King was helping the Gators ready athletic facilities for the start of the 2020-21 school year amid the uncertainty and upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been about six months now since the pandemic struck. With some time to assess the situation, what’s the best approach in sanitizing venues? Are traditional methods still the way to go? I think the janitorial… Continue Reading Clean Break: How Janitorial Service Is Changing at Venues

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‘We’re Really Proud of What We Did’

‘We’re Really Proud of What We Did’

Posted by | Aug 21, 2020 | ,

IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE: Lisa Baird became the NWSL’s commissioner a few days before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the league. (Courtesy NWSL ) National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Lisa Baird talks about the challenges of leading the way back On July 26, the National Women ‘s Soccer League crowned the Houston Dash as the champions of the Challenge Cup, a monthlong tournament organized and held after the coronavirus pandemic forced officials to call off the start of the league’s 2020 season. With the Challenge Cup, contested in a bubble at Utah’s Zions Bank and Rio Tinto stadiums, the NWSL became the first team sports league in the U.S. to successfully return to play, albeit without fans present, since COVID-19 forced a nationwide sports and entertainment shut down in mid-March. A number of positive coronavirus cases had prompted the league’s Orlando Pride to drop out of the tournament before traveling to Utah,… Continue Reading ‘We’re Really Proud of What We Did’

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Zuckerberg Media Firm Invests in True Tickets

Zuckerberg Media Firm Invests in True Tickets

Posted by | Aug 20, 2020 | , ,

True Tickets’ Matt Zarracina said Randi Zuckerberg and her team will help the company transition to a growth phase.

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