The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in the United National Maintenance vs. San Diego Convention Center appeal last month. Previously, a district court had determined that the San Diego Convention Center’s (SDC) decision to implement an exclusives policy for c

There was a lot of news this past week. Here are some stories that caught our eyes. Unpaid Intern Files Class Action Lawsuit Against the L.A. Clippers —Matter “Frank Cooper, 29, interned for the Clippers in the fall of 2012 as a ‘fan relations intern,’ organizing aut

IAVM member Bob McClintock, COO and senior vice president of the convention center division of SMG, was featured twice this past week on Philly.com in articles about convention center management. Here’s what he said in the article “In Convention Center Management, What You

The Florida Department of Transportation awarded the American Maglev Technology company this week the opportunity to lease right-of-way space between the Orlando International Airport and the Orange County Convention Center. The train system will run approximately 15 miles, and a one-

Here’s one way to impress meeting planners: convertible seating. Consider, for example, the new Swiss Tech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, which features a 3,000-seat amphitheater that is fully modular. It houses a system of motorized swivel pins attached to each row