Tag: September 2021

Focus: Premium Seating – Bunker Mentality

The field-level premium seat experience remains a hot market in the NFL, 20 seasons after the Seattle Seahawks introduced the concept with the Red Zone Suites at their stadium.

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The WNBA’s 25th Season: For the W

The WNBA, playing its 25th season this year, has found a comfort level playing in buildings ranging from NBA capacity to as low as 3,500 seats.

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Live! Roundup: ‘Hella Mega’ Rocks Rangers’ Ballpark

Green Day’s co-headlining “Hella Mega Tour” with Fall Out Boy and Weezer takes No. 1 on Hot Tickets with a gross of $3.2 million from the trek’s opening night performance in Arlington, Texas.

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IAVM Award Winner: Denny Magruder

In his 35-plus years as executive director of WesBanco Arena and, since 2009, the Capitol Theatre, Denny Magruder has influenced countless venue managers.

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IAVM Award Winner: Russ Simons

“I must be one of the last, if not the last, person to win this award who actually worked with Joe Anzivino,” says Russ Simons, winner of the annual IAVM award for 2021.

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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… Continue Reading Management: September 2021

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Is This Heaven? No, It’s Still Iowa

Major League Baseball invested about $5 million to build the 8,000-capacity venue next to the field used for the 1988 movie “Field of Dreams.”

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SDCC Reopens for Conventions

The San Diego Convention Center, which for the past 15 months has housed the homeless and sheltered unaccompanied migrant children, reopened for its intended purposes this week.

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