Road Rush
As tour announcements have accelerated, so has the pace of marketers’ work. “It has been absolutely insane,” says Nederlander Concerts’ Jamie Loeb.
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Category: Front Row
Management: August 2021
Alex Winsberg (left) and George Hanna have new positions with the Los Angeles Clippers organization. The Los Angeles Clippers organization added two executive-level positions. George Hanna, chief technology and digital officer, will work across the NBA Clippers, the G League Agua Caliente Clippers, the Forum and the Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center, the Clippers’ planned new arena scheduled to open in 2024, and oversee technology and digital. Alex Winsberg begins as the new chief legal officer for the new arena and general counsel of the Forum. Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia appointed Kelley Maddox vice president of sales. Maddox will lead the development and implementation of strategic sales and marketing initiatives for the 208-room hotel and new Event Center, which is now accepting bookings for meetings and private events. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. promoted Randy Fibiger to senior vice president of bookings and named Josephine Vaccarello senior vice president […]
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Venue Voices: Taneshia Nash Laird
Taneshia Nash Laird on Newark Symphony Hall’s serving as a gateway to opportunity for one of the more diverse large cities in the country.
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Like Father, Like Son: The Silbermans
Jordan Silberman, in his third month as general manager of Capital One Arena in Washington, was born into the business.
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Trubey Looks to Future After HKS Exit
Bryan Trubey is no longer employed by HKS, but he’s not ready to shelve his sketch pad just yet.
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Management: June 2021
Nate Harris rises to general manager at the VSU Multi-Purpose Center in Petersburg.
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Danny Wimmer Presents Plants Its Flag in Oshkosh
Danny Wimmer Presents had its eye on opportunities in the Upper Midwest and found one in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Management: May 2021
Kerry Painter has been nominated as second vice chair of the International Association of Venue Managers. (Courtesy Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex) Oak View Group Facilities named Brad Painter booking director of Thompson-Boling Arena at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Painter was senior director of booking operations for AC Entertainment. Dr. Til Jolly, chief medical officer of Aveshka Inc., was named chair of the newly formed Medical Advisory Board for the Innovation Institute for Fan Experience. Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, hired Starr Butler as vice president of booking and events. She spent four years in a similar role at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and filled a consulting role for Legends. Kerry Painter, general manager and director of the Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex in North Carolina, has been nominated as second vice chair of the International Association of Venue Managers’ board […]
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Q&A: Rosemont’s Pat Nagle
Pat Nagle: “I was in high school and my favorite band in the world was Styx. I’ve been able to meet and be friends with them. REO, Cheap Trick, all the local bands, same thing.” (Courtesy Allstate Arena) Longtime Chicago-area GM talks about life during the shutdown and 30 years of memories Pat Nagle is tied to Rosemont, Illinois, as much as the iconic rose painted on the city’s water tower near O’Hare Airport. Over the past 32 years, Nagle has played a key role running Allstate Arena (capacity 18,000) and the Rosemont Theatre (capacity 4,400). Nagle, an accountant, started working as finance director for the Rosemont Horizon in 1989, nine years after the venue opened, and he was promoting concerts in-house by the early 1990s. The arena was rebranded in 1999 after Allstate Insurance Co. acquired naming rights. That same year, Nagle was promoted to general manager of the […]
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Debate Over Vaccination Requirements Takes Place Ahead of Touring
Proof of vaccination and COVID-19 testing is expected to be a key topic in contract negotiations for concert tours this fall.
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Full-Fledged Arena Tours Start to Emerge
The second week of April marked a watershed moment for live entertainment during the pandemic as multiple artists announced fall arena tours.
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Venue Voices: Cynt Marshall
One of Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall’s favorite adages: “Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.”
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