By Michael Roth AEG has appointed David Jones to the newly created role of Chief Information Officer, AEG Global Technology, it was today announced by the company. In his new and expanded role, Jones will now be responsible for the company’s technology strategy and solutions across th

By Carolyn Campbell and Mariauna Hernandez Houston First Corp. continues to lead the charge in building sustainability as the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB) recently achieved its first-ever LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. This year marks a tremen

By R.V. Baugus Since 2014, Todd Hunt, CVE, has served as an instructor at IAVM’s Venue Management School. He has had an opportunity over those eight-plus years to hear other’s names called as recipients of the prestigious Ray Ward Award, so named after the father of indust

By stadiumbusiness.com Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United, has claimed a first for a professional sports stadium after it was awarded Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) precertification for its zero waste efforts. TR

By R.V. Baugus Andy Gorchov, General Manager of State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, gets to be the “home team” when VenueConnect rolls into Phoenix in just a month from now. In fact, as this newsletter reaches IAVM members it is in fact one month exactly when Gorchov