IAVM member Beth Murray ends a storied 38-year career as managing director of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center when she retires on July 26. A fixture in the Bay Area performing arts scene, Murray was hired when Davies Symphony Hall opened in 1980. The trained
The Edmonton EXPO Centre is already home to the Stingers, and now it is officially home to the bees. As a newly licensed City of Edmonton urban beekeeping facility, the Edmonton EXPO Centre has welcomed two hives of honeybees to its roof. Each hive holds a colony of approximately 20,0
The National Football League team that will be play in Las Vegas has selected AEG Facilities as the operator of its under-construction $2 billion venue. Under the agreement, AEG Facilities will be responsible for the stadium’s operations beginning with providing pre-opening functions
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced the release of Overcoming Non-Exhibitor Objections, the third report in its newest series providing insights from marketing leadership at organizations in North America. Exhibit sales teams regularly run into barriers when m
You have a game going on. You have a stadium full of people, say, oh, some 70,000 or so. Moving parts are all over the place. So how do you communicate? Glad you asked. Sherron Washington, M.A. is a marketing and communication (marcom) professional who has imparted her wisdom and expe