Author: James Zoltak

Insurance Costs Rise With Venue Price Tags

Insurance Costs Rise With Venue Price Tags

Posted by | May 1, 2020 | , ,

BIG MONEY: SoFi Stadium, scheduled to open this summer in Inglewood, Calif., is a $5 billion project. (Getty Images) Latest tech, link to mixed-use projects complicate risk assessment Premium amenities, high-tech features and the continuing trend of situating venues in downtown or mixed-use developments have complicated the task of assessing risk and appropriately insuring stadium projects, experts in the field say. And as project costs have risen, so have insurance costs, which can run anywhere from 1% to 2.5% of the total construction price, according to brokers involved in the field. Unique design elements like see-through ETFE roofs, high-capacity Wi-Fi and telecom systems, mechanisms that move walls, open and close roofs, reconfigure stands or swap out playing surfaces and everything that goes into building them are factors that risk consultants, brokers, underwriters and ultimately owners must take into account. As design and construction have evolved, so has the process of… Continue Reading Insurance Costs Rise With Venue Price Tags

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Event Medical Firm Prepped for Action

Event Medical Firm Prepped for Action

Posted by | Apr 30, 2020 | , ,

ParaDocs crews set up mini-hospitals at events such as Rolling Loud at New York’s Citi Field in 2019.  CEO Alex Pollak is in black standing at right center. (Courtesy ParaDocs Worldwide) ParaDocs Worldwide among providers who keep eventgoers healthy Alex Pollak is CEO of ParaDocs Worldwide Inc., a company that for nearly a decade has provided medical services at a variety of live events. With venue operators and event producers preparing for the return of sports, concerts, meetings, conventions and trade shows, he shared by email with VenuesNow’s James Zoltak his perspective on the role medical services have played in the past and their importance in ensuring health, safety and confidence going forward in the new normal of the post-COVID-19 world. Tell me about ParaDocs, how it got started, how long it’s been in operation, what the company does and some of your clients and assignments? ParaDocs was created out… Continue Reading Event Medical Firm Prepped for Action

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China Walks Back Talk on Convention Venues

China Walks Back Talk on Convention Venues

Posted by | Apr 15, 2020 | , ,

Chinese commuters navigate a bus terminal in Beijing on Wednesday. (Getty Images) It’s unclear when facilities closed due to COVID-19 may reopen Recent indications from municipal authorities in China that certain convention and exhibition facilities closed because of the coronavirus pandemic would be allowed to reopen at least temporarily have been countermanded by the country’s central government. According to Cliff Wallace, president of Atlanta-based CW Venue Advisory Services LLC, it’s again unclear when public assembly facilities will be allowed to resume hosting large-scale events. When they are allowed, strictures such as mandatory temperature monitoring, closely regulated social distancing and checks of identification cards embedded with data about individuals’ health status are likely to be widespread, he said. Wallace, who was managing director of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1995 to 2012 and was instrumental in helping that venue and others cope with SARS in early 2003, said… Continue Reading China Walks Back Talk on Convention Venues

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Production Companies Build Vigorous Response

Production Companies Build Vigorous Response

Posted by | Apr 7, 2020 | , ,

More accustomed to building elaborate staging for events like Electric Daisy Carnival, Gallagher Staging and Production is now producing medical facilities and supplies. (Insomniac) Gallagher, Mountain among dozens providing structures, resources to battle COVID-19 Even as they grapple with the economic hit leveled by the coronavirus pandemic, live event production companies like Mountain Productions and Gallagher Staging and Productions are teaming up with others in their industry segment to help in the life-and-death struggle posed by the crisis. Gallagher, which last year provided the main stage at Coachella and was slated to do so again this year before the event was postponed, and Mountain, the largest staging company in North America and known for its work at Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, Live 8 and the 2017 NFL draft in Philadelphia, have pivoted to providing temporary emergency structures and other resources for use by government and agencies in healthcare and other… Continue Reading Production Companies Build Vigorous Response

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San Diego’s Rippetoe on Putting Expertise Into Action

San Diego’s Rippetoe on Putting Expertise Into Action

Posted by | Mar 27, 2020 | , , ,

READY FOR DUTY: The San Diego Convention Center reached out to the city to find out how it could help. (Photos courtesy SDCC) Convention center pivots to homeless shelter to aid in COVID-19 fight The San Diego Convention Center is one of many public assembly facilities across the globe that have gone from traditional functions as event venues and economic impact engines to serving communities in a variety of ways – from field hospitals to testing sites to food and supply depots — during the coronavirus pandemic. With the convention center being pressed into service as a temporary shelter for its region’s homeless population, VenuesNow caught up with industry veteran Clifford “Rip” Rippetoe, president and CEO of the San Diego Convention Center Corp., to discuss how he and his staff are navigating the unprecedented calamity. The conversation has been edited for brevity. How did it come about that the convention… Continue Reading San Diego’s Rippetoe on Putting Expertise Into Action

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