By R.V. Baugus The City of San Diego shared in a press release that the San Diego Convention Center will be utilized as a haven to protect homeless individuals during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The plan will create more space to serve people experiencing homelessness and allow

By R.V. Baugus Venue managers will tell you that they find their most sleepless nights happen when they worry about keeping their guests safe. When word came down from the National Basketball Association the night of Wednesday, March 11, that the season was being suspended due to the

By Dee Ann Hirsch Monday, March 23 will forever be a day like none other for me. As I drove away from our venue, I did not know when I would see it again. I fought back tears as I drove by our lagoon and worried who would check on our geese and ducks who have recently stopped there to

By R.V. Baugus Once again, IAVM members are answering the call in times of emergency, and today the biggest crisis throughout the world resides in the pandemic COVID-19 coronavirus. We are sharing below just a sampling of how our member venues are doing their part to assist in any mea

By Rich Thompson This past Monday, March 23, the VenuWorks-managed Bridge View Center in Ottumwa, Iowa, began their partnership with the Ottumwa YMCA & Ottumwa Community Schools in developing an Emergency Meal Distribution Program, in which we utilize our facility and kitchen to