Lake Shore Dive
Dan O’Conor started taking a daily jump into Lake Michigan. Little did he know it would come to raise money for independent venues.
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Category: People
Viva Garth Vegas!
“I have never met an artist that works harder for his fans,” Pat Christenson says of Garth Brooks.
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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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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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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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‘We Are Here to Fulfill His Dream and Vision’
Team co-owner Lou Schwechheimer never got to see Wichita’s Riverfront Stadium filled with fans.
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Cultivating the Grassroots
Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons spoke about a new amphitheater being developed in Huntsville, Alabama, by his company Venue Group.
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Arena salutes Hall of Famer Irving Azoff
Pacers Sports & Entertainment has named a new space at Bankers Life Fieldhouse after music industry kingpin Irving Azoff.
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Tom Wilson: A Fine Ride in Detroit
Tom Wilson had an influence over many during his five decades in the business, whether with NBA’s Pistons or the NHL’s Red Wings.
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Tom Wilson: As They Said It
HAIL, CAESARS: Wilson was part of the development of Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit. “Tom built two of the best venues in North America.” — Rick Franks “At one time, downtown was (considered) the ‘bad guys.’ Chris Ilitch saw what Tom did in helping develop the Palace from the very beginning. They put a deal together for what turned out to be Little Caesars Arena.” — Franks “Promoters made so much money (at the Palace) that they kept coming back. We kept telling everybody that it had the best acoustics in the country. We had no idea, but it seemed like it would.” — Tom Wilson “We used to preach this … if we take care of the arena, so will our guests. We could put a heavy metal band in there and the building would look just as good when they left as it did when they came […]
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