With the 2017 World Series in full gear and tickets to see the games live costing hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its World Series Facts – Dodgers vs. Astros infographic to go along with its Best Baseball Cities repor
Thirty SMG-managed arenas and theaters received the prestigious Prime Site Award presented by Facilities and Event Management magazine. The Facilities’ Prime Site award is given to the top entertainment, sports, and special event venues, including Arenas, Civic Centers, Coliseums, Aud
By Russ Simons, Mark Herrera, and Dr. Lou Marciani The recent events in Las Vegas have identified an area of public assembly facility event operations that involves technical production and event support personnel who need more direction, and we may not be providing all of the informa
Jimmy Earl, CFE, has been named Senior Associate Athletics Director of the Frank Erwin Center by Texas Athletics. Earl is only the third individual to lead the Frank Erwin Center since the building’s doors opened in 1977. Earl was the arena’s first Events Manager and has m
By Greg Flakus One of the emerging trends is for venues to produce their own event. The traditional model is changing as more sales departments look to find new revenues by creating their own events. We talked with three venue managers and asked them to tell us what they have learned