The San Diego Symphony plans to build a $25 million, 10,000-seat waterfront concert venue on San Diego Bay, and this week the San Diego Unified Port District board unanimously approved the project. The symphony can now work on negotiations for a 66-year lease on 3.6 acres on Embarcade

The Bristol Old Vic in the U.K. is one of the world’s oldest theatres and in it is a contraption called a “thunder run.” It’s been restored to mark the venue’s 250th anniversary for a production of King Lear later this year. Check out the BBC video above

We’ve written about the Sacramento Kings and the team’s upcoming new arena a couple of times. Now for the hat trick with a third blog post about them. This one, too, is interesting. The Kings are collecting used athletic shoes from former and current players and fans to us

Guests. Fans. Attendees. Whatever you choose to call them, they’re all the same: humans. And a human’s experience during an event is paramount to your venue’s success. We want to help you be successful, and that is why we focus on people so much at our annual GuestX

Please welcome our newest members who joined IAVM in November and December 2015—a total of 221 new members. Thank you for being a part of the association! Also, let us get to know you better by participating in the I Am Venue Management series. Please visit http://www.iavm.org/i-am-ve