Pollstar and VenuesNow proudly present 2021’s Impact: Next Gen Honorees Roundtable, featuring four esteemed live industry executives from this year’s list. Continue Reading Watch Pollstar/VenuesNow Impact: Next Gen Roundtable
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This year’s Impact: Next Gen special includes a Pollstar Live! Digital Session featuring four of the 2021 honorees, which will post online on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Continue Reading Impact: Next Gen Honorees to Star in Pollstar Live! Digital Session Aug. 19
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Six of VenuesNow/Pollstar’s 2021 Women of Live participated in a video roundtable moderated by a seventh honoree. Continue Reading Women of Live Roundtable: A View of the Work Ahead
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Continue Reading Video Interview: VN All-Stars Roundtable
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Architects Jonathan O’Neil Cole of Pendulum Studio and Chris Lamberth of Tvsdesign Architecture & Design sat down with VenuesNow Senior Editor Don Muret to discuss the design of venues and how the traditional development of arenas, stadiums and convention centers will adjust over time.
Three executives from Climate Pledge Arena sat down Tuesday with VenuesNow to talk about how the Seattle venue is pointed toward the milestone of becoming the first carbon neutral arena, powered 100% by renewable electricity. General Manger Steve Mattson; Tom Conroy, vice president of operations; and Rob Johnson, vice president of sustainability and transportation, spoke to Senior Editor Don Muret about the many pieces of the puzzle required to create a net zero carbon facility. The arena took on its name June 25 when it was announced that Seattle-based online retail giant Amazon had bought the naming rights, tying them to an agreement it signed in 2019 with activist group Global Optimism to push for corporate America to achieve net zero carbon by 2040. Separately, Amazon announced The Climate Pledge Fund, a $2 billion venture capital fund it has launched to invest in clean energy. “What an amazing opportunity for… Continue Reading Video: Steve Mattson, Tom Conroy and Rob Johnson
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Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes Kamilah Forbes is the Executive Producer of the ‘World Famous’ Apollo and an award-winning director and producer inspired by and committed to the development of works by, for and about the Hip-Hop generation. She co-founded the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and worked on What’s Going On—the 40th anniversary celebration of Marvin Gaye’s seminal conversation with America (with John Legend as Marvin Gaye, Sharon Jones as Tammy Terrell); One Mic—a monthlong multidisciplinary celebration of HipHop Worldwide; and Nas’ 20 Year Anniversary of Illmatic—a celebration of the classic hip-hop album with 96 players from the National Symphony Orchestra. More recently, she co-produced an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ National Book Award winner “Between The World and Me” with music by Jason Moran featuring actors Angela Bassett and Joe Morton and musicians Ledisi, Black Thought, Common, TI and Killer Mike.
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Brenda Tinnen, GM of Kansas City’s Sprint Center and ASM Global SVP, talks about the return of live events to her venue, particularly college basketball.
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Clifford “Rip” Rippetoe, president and CEO of the San Diego Convention Center Corp., sat down for a video interview Friday as part the VenuesNow Digital Sessions.
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Texas Rangers exec talks about Globe Life Field coming to life Globe Life Field, the Texas Rangers’ new $1.2 billion stadium, is starting to see some activity. Players are working out at the venue and about one-third of the front-office staff gathered there over the past week, according to Rob Matwick, the team’s executive vice president of business operations. In the newest installment of VenuesNow Digital Sessions, Matwick discussed the situation with the new ballpark and potential adjustments post-COVID-19 at the 40,500-seat facility. The state of Texas classified construction as essential work, since the stay-at-home orders were put in place in March, and other restrictions have been lifted, resulting in the Rangers slowly ramping their operation back up in Arlington. “Last week, we started batting practice on the field with a couple guys at a time,” Matwick said. “They’re allowed now to come in — if they live in the area — and use the weight room.… Continue Reading Video: Digital Sessions With Rob Matwick
Continue Reading Video: Digital Sessions With Rob Matwick
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Architects Jonathan O’Neil Cole of Pendulum Studio and Chris Lamberth of Tvsdesign Architecture & Design sat down with VenuesNow Senior Editor Don Muret to discuss the design of venues and how the traditional development of arenas, stadiums and convention centers will adjust over time.
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