By Blair Cardinal Spectra, one of the industry’s top private management and hospitality companies, has appointed Michael Logan as general manager to lead venue operations at the Swiftel Center. The company, which operates more than 330 venues across North America and globally, began i

By Communications Department The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (NOENMCC) hosted an anniversary event with their hospitality solutions partner, Centerplate. The event commemorated the ten-year anniversary of a groundbreaking relationship between a venue and a food and

By Lucy Albers The Oklahoma City Thunder and Paycom jointly announced an exclusive, 15-year naming rights partnership that will transform the downtown home of the Thunder into Paycom Center. The name change takes effect immediately, with exterior signage to be completed in time for th

By R.V. Baugus Decisions, decisions. Whether to write a gazillion blogs to recap VenueConnect 2021 in Atlanta or to go with one overarching read to try as best as possible to capture the essence of the Association’s first face-to-face VenueConnect in two years. Let’s go with the latte

By Veronica Cantu Moody Center, the world-class venue designed specifically for Austin, is marking a major milestone of construction with their final beam placement on the 530,000-square-foot venue. There is a total of 5,308,272 pounds of structural steel – 2,654 tons. The beam indica