By R.V. Baugus I first met Jimmy Earl, CVE, in the early 2000s when he was going through the chair rotation on the way to becoming the Association’s President (now Chair) in 2004-05. Jimmy was someone I was eager to meet, and in all honesty it was to be able to make the acquaint

By Anna Wong After over 40 years working in the facility management industry, Senior Associate Athletics Director of the Frank Erwin Center, Jimmy Earl, CVE, announced that he will retire at the end of September. Earl is only the third director of the Erwin Center since the building’s

For years, the Sports Events and Tourism Association (formerly the National Association of Sports Commissions) produced an annual state of the industry report in an effort to gauge the economic impact of the sports tourism industry. But association leaders were quick to note that the

The Illinois Quad City Civic Center Authority dba The TaxSlayer Center has qualified for eligibility to receive up to $484,622 through the Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (CURE) Support Program. The local CURE program is funded from financial assistance the State of Ill

(Editor’s Note: IAVM member Tom Cornwall, CVE, shares about his work in the “bubble” during the National Hockey League playoffs. Cornwall has previously shared his story about this unique life and will be writing a concluding story following the crowning of the Stanl