IAVM would like to welcome Peter Sagal as the Performing Arts Managers Conference’s featured speaker: As the host of National Public Radio’s Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!, Peter Sagal is heard by more than 3 million people every week, broadcast on 450 public radio stations nationwi

The wildfire destruction that swept across eastern Tennessee near the Great Smokey Mountains National Park has left 13 dead with the number of damaged buildings in Gatlinburg standing near 1,000. As the fires started early last week and had been burning for several days mostly in the

When Wenger Corporation acquired the assets of 45-year-old SECOA, it did so with an eye toward the future. “What we can benefit from this acquisition of the assets is that we have an opportunity to grow and pick up sales and their book of business, as it were,” said Chris Simpson, pre

Mayor Marilyn Strickland and the Tacoma City Council recently approved US$21.3m to renovate the iconic Tacoma Dome – Washington State’s largest indoor venue – in the 2017-18 Biennial Budget presented by City Manager, T.C. Broadnax. The City-owned facility will be revitalized with new

Industry icon Vince Egan, best known as the founder of VEE Corporation and a kingpin for the touring show industry, passed away on Wednesday, November 30 following a lengthy illness. He was 74. Kevin Kulas, SVP Marketing/Booking for VStar Entertainment Group, the name of the company f