The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) is pleased to announce that Scott McCartney will speak and lead a session on crowd management and security at the 2016 Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) and GuestX: Guest Experience & Crowd Management Conference.

There’s a good story on Wired.com about Levi’s Stadium testing a new entry scanner that plans to revolutionize security. It’s called the Qylatron Entry Experience Solution, and it consists of five pods. “The process is simple, designed to improve not just secur

The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM)—representing thousands of venue managers and partner companies in stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, arenas, racetracks, amphitheaters, and other public assembly venues—is deeply grieved by the tragic events th

Move over monster trucks. Fighting giant robots plan to battle in arenas and stadiums in the future. According to the Associated Press (AP), Oakland, California-based Megabots Inc. built a 15-foot robot called the Mark II and challenged Tokyo-based Suidobashi Heavy Industries, creator

The Jacksonville Jaguars have partnered with Uber to become the first professional sports team to provide in-app access to promotion-priced tickets for fans using Uber to go to EverBank Field on game days. The initiative begins November 19. “With Uber, we’ve created an integrated solu