Randy Brown Looks Back at 33-Year Career
Randy Brown of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum intended to close out his career a year ago, but with the pandemic came a recasting of best-laid plans.
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Category: Management News
Management: September 2021
Kate Guarrieri is new to the talent booking team at Nederlander Concerts. (Courtesy company) Andrew Saunders was named vice president of entertainment for Seminole Gaming, with responsibility for live entertainment programming at Seminole Gaming venues throughout Florida. Saunders most recently held booking positions for AEG at Staples Center and Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles as a senior talent buyer working in tandem with the Presents division and was a VenuesNow Generation Next honoree in 2019. Nederlander Concerts added Kate Guarrieri to its talent booking team. Guarrieri worked for Live Nation as a local talent buyer and national tour director. Spectra appointed Michael Logan general manager at the Swiftel Center in Brookings, South Dakota. Logan was Spectra’s assistant general manager and director of events at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Veteran sports executive John Brody has joined IMG Learfield as chief revenue officer. Brody was executive vice president, global […]
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Doug Johnson Leaving Position in Tupelo
Doug Johnson has resigned from his position as executive director of BancorpSouth Arena and Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Bedier Takes Job Running OCVibe Development
OCVibe Sports & Entertainment has named Kim Bedier senior vice president and general manager of OCVibe.
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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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Project Admission Names Derek Palmer CRO
Derek Palmer has joined Nashville-based ticketing technology company Project Admission as chief revenue officer.
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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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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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Management: April 2021
Becci Thomson (from left), Katie Musham and Sara Tomkins join Co-op Live in Manchester, England. Management AlphaTheta Music Americas brand Pioneer DJ hired Chad Bscherer as Midwest district sales manager and Daniel Yount as ecommerce coordinator and promoted JeanPierre Rivas to digital marketing strategist and Ryan Roth to brand marketing strategist. Outback Presents named veteran concert promoter Danny Eaton senior vice president. Oak View Group named Ann Jackson chief people and culture officer. Jackson was Charter Communications’ vice president of human resources and before that served at Madison Square Garden for 16 years in a variety of senior human resources roles. Live Nation Concerts promoted Amanda Moore to lead the residency business for Live Nation Las Vegas. In her expanded role, Moore will be overseeing booking, marketing and business operations for the company’s multimillion-dollar residency business in the Vegas market. Centerplate’s Paul Pettas has seen his role expanded to public […]
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IAVM Nominates Painter to Board
Kerry Painter of the Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex has been nominated as second vice chair of the IAVM board of directors.
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John Page Leaves Spectra
John Page, president of Spectra Venue Management, has left the company after his position was eliminated, sources said.
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Co-op Live Announces First Senior Hires
Co-op Live, the new 23,500-capacity arena set to open in Manchester, England, in 2023, has announced its first three senior hires.
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