Combine badminton, tennis, and ping-pong and you get Pickleball, a sport increasing in popularity, especially among seniors. “Perhaps no organized sport since baseball, football and basketball matches pickleball’s seduction of so wide a swath of the population,” Peter T. K

I wrote about beacons in my first post for the Front Row News blog. Major League Baseball (MLB) had just announced a partnership with Apple to offer location-based information for At the Ballpark app users. Now, almost three years later, location-based technology is widespread through

Longtime and influential IAVM member Dick Shaff passed away this week. He was vice president and general manager at SMG/Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Our thoughts and condolences are with his family. Shaff was an integral part of IAVM, serving on several committees and

At the 91st annual VenueConnect in Minneapolis in July, the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) announced a new “Conference Strategy.” Along with new president and CEO, Brad Mayne, CFE, and an interwoven “Re-Brand,” this strategy will reshape and improve IAVM’s conferen

Keynote Speaker Daymond John entertained a packed room of attendees during Saturday’s Opening General Session at VenueConnect 2016, telling them the world needs venue managers now more than ever before. “You’re way more important than you’ll ever understand,