By R.V. Baugus Ah, KeyArena. The green and gold of the Seattle SuperSonics and some of the loudest fans in the National Basketball Association who were crazy about their team. Jack Sikma, Gus Williams, Dennis Johnson, and, hey, even Kevin Durant for a year before the team relocated to

By Carl Adkins The one that wasn’t. That’s what the 2020 Men’s Final Four is likely to be called in the future. Upon writing this, tomorrow was to be Final Four Friday. Peak arrival of 80,000 fans coming to Atlanta ready for an exciting weekend of championship basketball and other ama

By R.V. Baugus Venue managers will tell you that they find their most sleepless nights happen when they worry about keeping their guests safe. When word came down from the National Basketball Association the night of Wednesday, March 11, that the season was being suspended due to the

By Brian Wright As I look back on my first 10 years in the venue management industry, I realize that the one common aspect of each of my roles has been internships. Heck, I did four of them during college with Finley Stadium, Chattanooga Lookouts, The Ripken Experience, and the Chatta

By R.V. Baugus “Hey, R.V., it’s Rachel at the Alamodome. Where are you?” Two long-time friends and I had started our drive from Dallas to San Antonio the morning of March 12 to enjoy what had become a new tradition — watching the Texas boys’ state high school basketball tourname