We recently wrapped up our Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) and GuestX programs, and they were a resounding success! Let’s take moment and view some of the highlights via photos.

I want to point you in the direction of a good article on TechCrunch written by one of our Allied members. In “4 Ways Stadium Hospitality Technology is Defending the Live Event,” Centerplate’s Bob Pascal asserts that innovation at stadiums is reinventing the guest ex

Whether it’s (yet another) new venue, festival, or gladiator 5k chipping away at entertainment spend, venue managers continue to face the fierce challenge of filling seats and calendar dates. IAVM’s Pollstar session, moderated by Kim Bedier, CFE, IAVM chair and director of public asse

Congratulations to the group of IAVM student members from Missouri State University who worked at the 2015 Super Bowl at the University of Phoenix Stadium. “Throughout the weekend, students worked mainly in an area called Super Bowl Central,” Melissa Price reported. “

WTAE in Pittsburgh recently posted a story about DraftServ, which is product that lets fans pour their own beers. If you haven’t heard of it yet, I bet you have some questions, such as how to monitor under-age drinking. The video above answers many of those questions.